DePauw Stories

Three things drew Reid Garlock ’13 to enroll at DePauw: the opportunity to play varsity tennis, the Management Fellows Program and the chance to make a move independent of his social group.

“I knew I wanted to be in business, and I liked the idea of the junior year internship and the individual attention that Management Fellows offered. Being able to play college tennis was something I really wanted. Then, my entire high school friend group was going to IU, and I figured this was an opportunity to branch out, meet new people and experience a diverse culture,” Reid said.

 At DePauw, Reid was able to get to know people right away. “The first-year mentor program and the first-year seminar, plus being involved in a sport, the Management Fellows and my dorm – there were so many ways to meet new people and feel included and part of a social group.”

His first social group at DePauw was made up of fellow tennis players. “The tennis team included a lot of cool upperclassmen who helped me feel comfortable during my freshman year,” he said. “Tennis was huge, and I was captain our junior and senior year.”

He also pledged Phi Kappa Psi and became an active leader in the fraternity, serving as recruitment chair and social chair. He currently serves on Phi Psi’s advisory board and maintains friendships with his fraternity brothers.

Jamie Catton Garlock ’14 decided to attend DePauw after visiting her brother, Will Catton ’11, on campus during Monon Bell weekend. “I fell in love with the campus, how welcoming everyone was and the small, intimate size DePauw offered,” Jamie said.

Some of Jamie’s most influential experiences at DePauw include her membership in Alpha Phi sorority and the lifelong friendships forged there, as well as her winter terms, a trip to Thailand and a service experience in El Salvador. 

“My experience at DePauw shaped me both personally and professionally,” Jamie said. “DePauw prepared me to further my education – I have a master’s degree in mental health counseling. And my DePauw experience also affects how I work with my clients on a daily basis – welcoming and open to diverse populations and mental health needs.”

Today, as an executive for Salesforce, Reid said he credits the Management Fellows Program for his career advancement. His junior year internship with Independent Purchasing Cooperative Inc. in Miami helped him “figure things out, be self-sufficient and independent as well as gain business acumen and understand the skills that recruiters look for in a candidate.” During his stint in Miami, he learned that integrity and compassion run deep with DePauw graduates; company founder and CEO Jan Risi ’81 sat by his hospital bedside when he experienced appendicitis and flew his mom down to be with him. “DePauw’s alumni network is super close, and people are willing to go out of their way for you,” he said.

Alumni connections were at play during Reid’s sophomore year, too, when he and two tennis teammates decided they wanted to go to Australia for winter term. Alumni helped them set up internships doing public relations and marketing for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s tour through the Australian Open, and the trio spent that January in Sydney and Melbourne.

“The skills and business acumen I learned from the Management Fellows Program and my academic classes … are applied to what I do day-to-day in a real-life setting,” Reid said. “No deal or opportunity is the same, so you have to be able to quickly learn and adapt on the fly, and that’s what we were challenged to do at DePauw. DePauw kept throwing new skills and concepts at us every day. The hands-on learning and constantly being challenged to learn quicker than you’re comfortable with … there was definitely some discomfort, but it was rewarding at the end of the day and really paid off after graduation.”

The Garlocks contribute financially to support DePauw and DePauw students. “If I didn’t have scholarships, our family wouldn’t have been able to afford DePauw. My grades were very good, but that only got me to a certain point,” Reid said. “The biggest things were the additional scholarships. At the time I was young and naïve and didn’t understand how valuable they were or really that they were coming from these people whose names were associated with them. After paying off loans and such, it made me realize how important those scholarships are and made me want to give back year-over-year and pay it forward just like those other alumni did for me.”

Reid and Jamie Garlock live in Indianapolis with their chocolate Labrador retriever George. Reid is a strategic sales account executive with Salesforce, and Jamie is a mental health therapist. Together they enjoy playing and watching sports, traveling and volunteering.