UT Health Sciences Center
Petty lived for a time in Covington in the New Orleans suburbs after she married her high school sweetheart, veterinarian, Dr. Robert H. Wolf. They both took jobs with the UT Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, he in 1987 and she in 1989.
As Judy Wolf, she coordinated special events and served as director of community relations and special services, vice president for university relations, and, finally, senior vice president for external affairs. She oversaw the center's fund-raising and development programs, news and media relations, public relations, communications and publications, community relations and special events.
Mrs. Wolf produced award-winning videos and publications and directed the Health Science Center’s yearlong 25th anniversary celebration, which included more than 50 community events. She received the "Best of Texas" award from the Texas Public Relations Association for the most outstanding PR campaign in the state. Magazine and newsletters produced under her direction secured state, regional, national, and international awards, including the Gold Quill Award, presented in Toronto, Canada, in 2003 for the Mission magazine and the HSC News. One of her later accomplishments included the dedication ceremony of the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.
In 1997, she was appointed to a four-year term to represent Bexar County on the Statewide Health Coordinating Council on the recommendation of State Senator Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio.
Dr. Wolf, meanwhile, was the director of laboratory animal research and was instrumental in the development of some of the center's research buildings. The couple retired jointly in the summer of 2006. Health Sciences Center President Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, a native of Laredo, described the Wolfs as "integral to almost everything that has gone on at this Health Science Center in the last nineteen years. They have been extraordinary leaders, as well as mentors and advisors to numerous individuals at the Health Science Center. They will be greatly missed, but we wish them much happiness in their retirement years."
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