Membership
Cycen Fjodr had a reputation of being elite due to its membership. Generally, members came from all backgrounds on campus but members tended to be high achievers academically. Most notable about the organization perhaps was the fact that Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker was a member. Cycen Fjodr is composed of ten outstanding men from the senior class. Leadership, scholarship, ability and interest displayed in student activities are given equal consideration each year in selecting new knights. Each knight selects a freshman to act as his serf throughout the year.
Members names and photos were published in the SMU yearbook, The Rotunda, every year. From time to time the organization's activities were reported in the SMU newspaper, The SMU Daily Campus.
All members were males until 1980 when the group was required by the university to stop being discriminatory to women. The group thereafter seceded from the university and started operating secretly.
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The 2012 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of Conference USA in the West Division. June Jones led the Mustangs in his fifth season. The Mustangs played home games in University Park, Texas at Gerald J. Ford Stadium. This was SMU's last year as a member of Conference USA as they will join the Big East Conference in 2013. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.
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James Lindsay Embrey, Jr., also known as J. Lindsay Embrey was an American real estate developer and philanthropist. He was a primary benefactor of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University from 1970 to 1987. In 1978, he established an endowment for students majoring in engineering at the University. As of 2013, this endowment has provided scholarships for over 2,000 engineering students. In 1991, he was named emeritus of the Board of Trustees.
