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School-wise: Rice for 2 years, then the Wharton School and the Law School at the University of Pennsylvania, and then NYU Law School for tax law. Work-wise: To New York. 5 years as an accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co. (pre-Enron, when ethics prevailed). Then to McKinsey & Company, a major management consulting firm, where I became the Firm’s financial director and a senior partner. Retirement: 1983-1986. Interesting travel (especially to the Indian subcontinent, Europe and Australia/New Zealand), a marathon, investment activity, brief "swing" at boxing. Out of retirement: 1986. I was wooed out of retirement by a large private investment company. Married at last (and still): 1987, after dating/being with Norma for 6 years. Move to Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 1989, to become a general partner in a hedge fund. (But kept the apartment in New York.) On my own (business-wise): In 1993 I started Sigma Partners, L.P., a private U.S. investment partnership for Americans, and that continues to be my primary business activity. I also manage a private offshore fund for non-Americans. In addition, I am currently a director of two public companies, USG Corporation (since 1993) and Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. (since 2006). I had previously been on the board of Pioneer Companies, Inc. until it was acquired by another company in 2007. More business: Since 1992 I have periodically provided consulting services for a small number of clients to solve complex problems and generate opportunities in finance, tax, compensation and legal-related matters, involving both single-country and multinational issues. September 2008 |
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Shortly after graduation, I went to work for Central Airlines as a Flight Attendant (then called Stewardess). Many may find it hard to believe that DC3's were still in operation but it was a locally owned 21 passenger, propeller, "feeder" airline serving the 6 central states. They also had C-47's with large cargo bins for transporting, at times, very unusual cargo. On one trip out of Kansas, an "anteater" got loose in the passenger compartment. Thankfully we were still on the ground and it was captured. I was certainly happy when we bought the Convair 240's (a nice, roomy 40 passenger "jet engine" plane) from American. After 3 years, I thought I wanted a "regular" job so I quit and went to work for the Medical & Surgical Clinic in the Administrative department. Many of the Physicians were fathers of some of our fellow classmates. It was the 60's and there were "no" female doctors! In 1963 it became obvious that an 8 to 5 job was not for me and I was hired by American Airlines. After completing training, the Dallas base did not open so I chose New York as my base. Before leaving for New York, I became engaged and bid trips that would bring me back to the area fairly often. Though my time in New York was short lived, it was an exciting adventure. Four women in a one bedroom "High-rise" just across from the UN Building. I was married in September of 1963 and, believe it or not, the airline did not allow one to be married and fly so, I became a full-time homemaker. I have a son Jake Moore, Jr who will be 43 December 2008 and a daughter Martha Jackson who will be 40 February 2009. In November 2008, I will become a grandmother for the fourth time giving me 2 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. My son was a competitive swimmer from age eight through his college years at North Texas and then served his country in the US Army during Operation Desert Storm. He returned to college and graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos. My daughter competed in horsemanship. She was "High point youth of the Nation 13 and under" showing Palomino Quarter horses. She is a graduate of OU. I played and competed in local golf tournaments. That along with swim meets and pulling a horse trailer from Texas to Oklahoma and Arkansas for horseshows, kept me pretty busy. I was divorced after 22 years of marriage and returned to the workforce and attended TCC. Going to college as an adult was far more meaningful and gratifying than it would have been right out of High School. Once employed, I found that the schedule was too grueling working all day and going to school at night so, I became a "drop out." I was with Tandy Corporation as a Lease Administrator (leasing Radio Shack sites throughout the US) for 3 years. I worked a long term project for Alcon Laboratories. I was employed by the Star Telegram as an Event Coordinator and later with Kaiser Permanente as an Account Manager for the Hawaii region (based in Fort Worth) for the last twelve years. Sometime during that period I decided to join a coed baseball team at age 55. That lasted all of one season! The challenge was met and I had nothing more to prove (I'm not even sure what I was trying to prove). At age 60 I decided I wanted to take a "Hot Air Balloon" ride. Task completed! It was breathtaking! I haven't yet decided what 70 will bring. It may be time to go back and get the degree. I retired in 2007. I don't know how I ever found time to work. I love that we have such a close nit group from Paschal right here in the metroplex and I am so looking forward to the "Big 50." See you guys then. October 2008 |
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After our great graduation, I spent some time attending Arlington State College (UTA). I then worked in the insurance industry. In 1962, I met, and married a Fort Worth motorcycle officer. It is hard to believe that Johnny and I have been married 46 years. We have six beautiful daughters, Julie-45, Janet-44, Jill-43, Jackie-40, Joanna- 37, and Jennifer-35. Those were a busy few years. They are of course grown and married. Adding between the time of first marriages and now, we've had a total of eleven sons-in-law (counting ex-husbands)! We have fourteen natural grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Christmas is over-whelming. I keep busy with my family and with a group of long time friends who meet once a month to play PoKeNo. NOW I have the great joy of reconnecting with some of my old, but not forgotten, PHS '59 friends, and getting to know many new '59 pals. I love the women's luncheons, and the Poppa's get-togethers. We're now planning next year’s "50" Year Class Reunion. What a blessing! Love to you all. October 14, 2008
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Following Paschal I attended Brantley Draughon Business College and then started working at the USPHS Hospital in Fort Worth as a medical transcriptionist while attending TCU at night. After meeting my husband, work on the college degree was put hold, and is still unfinished. Keith and I married in 1963 and by 1970 our family was a family of four. Our son now lives in Austin with his partner. Alan will be finishing his doctorate as of this semester and will be eligible soon for retirement with the city of San Marcos. Our daughter Laura and son-in-law live in Frisco with their three children and they make our world extremely special. The years have rolled by way too fast it seems. I was a stay at home mom initially, working intermittently in the medical field, but private school and college tuition was a lot easier with my working full time...not to mention that baking cookies was never my forte. I reluctantly retired in 2006 as the business manager for Fort Worth Brain & Spine after realizing that my life clock was ticking louder and louder. There were still so many things on our list that Keith and I wanted to do before our time together runs out. Since then, we have worked diligently on spoiling Arro, age 8, Miles, 6 and Maggie Beth age 4 as much as possible.
We both enjoy birding and have been taking long road trips through the states to see some of those birds and places that we had only seen in pictures. My husband is a great gardener and growing irises has been our hobby for the last twenty years with over 400 varieties in our garden. In April when the irises explode in a profusion of beautiful colors, we enjoy opening our garden so that others may enjoy it too. National iris conventions have taken us to many different areas and are a major part of our travels, giving us an opportunity to see the newest in the iris world and catch up with friends across the country. Life has been very good since those Paschal days and I have been abundantly blessed on this wonderful journey through life. The greatest blessing is the life that Keith and I have shared these past forty-five years, made infinitely richer by our family, church and friends, and life just keeps getting better. Retirement is great!
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Upon graduation from Paschal a year early ('58), I attended TCU at the ripe ole age of 16. Married Bill Stout (Paschal ex '55) and had 2 children. We were married 14 years, divorced 14 years, and remarried in 1998!!!! After having a clothing store for several years (Donna's Fashions & Beyond on Hulen), went back to college at Texas Woman's University and graduated 'Summa Cum Laude' in psychology. Then my Masters in counseling. Have been executive director of Phoenix Associates Counseling Services in Fort Worth since 1995 as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Bill and I built a house in Granbury in 1999 and both of us have commuted since. Bill is in anesthesia in Ft. Worth. We love being in Granbury, high on a ridge, overlooking a bend in the lake, beautiful sunsets. Our children, Chris and Stephanie, both married in the same year (TWO WEDDINGS). Now we have a baby grandson, Chris's, and one on the way, Stephanie's !! They all live in Dallas and love it?? This is a good thumbnail sketch, leaving out other marriages and careers, etc........ See you at the REUNION!!!
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After graduation, went to work for Mays & Mays, Attorneys, then across the street to Union Bank. In 1966, I joined the Foreign Service (can now say CIA) and spent the next 25 years in some nice and some God-awful places. At the ripe age of 40, started college classes and got my BS in Accounting at age of 46.
Met my husband George in Stockholm. We married in 1985.
No children (obviously since I was 44 when we got married); but have two grown step children. I retired from CIA in 1991. We lived in Virginia in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley for 17 years.
A couple of years ago I told George that if he died before me, I was moving back to Texas (I still have 1 brother, 3 sisters and a ton of nieces and nephews in this area).
He agreed to move with me, but not to the metroplex. So, here we are in Stephenville. We sold our house in Virginia and 20 acres in Virginia at the exact right time. We are 5 miles north of Stephenville and love it. My old roommate from Ft Worth Barbara Huffman, now Barbara Moser, lives here and we have renewed our friendship. It is like 40 years never passed.
We have 7 dogs (4 beagles, 2 Rhodesian Ridgebacks and one really stupid Chihuahua (or however you spell it) who was left to me by an little old lady in her Will. He is now 20 years old and still yapping.
Health wise, I'm in fairly good condition. I had a cat bite accident in 1995, it turned into Pasteurella (related to the plague) and it took 9 surgeries to get rid of the pain over a 9 year period. Shoulder is now totally faux, but pain is gone. Doctor in Virginia gave up on me and sent me to Johns Hopkins and they did a terrific job of the replacement.
Hope all of you will keep your bios updated. I have really enjoyed reading them.
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In
the early 1960s, I was not sure of a major at the University of Texas so
I decided to take a break from my studies to play drums in a band. The
Silvertones played fraternity parties and traveled. After receiving my doctorate, I helped establish the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. In 1977 I became involved with a university that combined medical school and a faith-based environment, helping start the medical and dental school at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. After teaching medicine for 20 years, I decided that it was time for something new. In 1990, I became chair of the department of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Kentucky. In 1999, I took the CEO position at the University of South Florida-Lakeland campus. This gave me the opportunity to travel to Cairo, Egypt for the United Nations and also become a member of the Oxford University Round Table. Currently I am Professor of Biochemistry at USF having “retired” from academic administration but still enjoying being in the classroom. My wife Diane and I have been blessed with three children and eleven grandchildren. Now that the children are grown, Diane and I visit the grandkids and travel. I have enjoyed reading about all the accomplishments of Paschal grads and getting the Emails, but miss Texas – especially the great food.
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After graduation I worked in Fort Worth for an insurance company and then for Southwestern Bell before marrying Nat, my one and only husband who was a career military man. Thanks to the US Government, I have seen parts of the world I would otherwise have only dreamed about. Our overseas duty stations included Hawaii, Panama, Okinawa and Taiwan with stateside assignments at Allen Military Academy in Bryan, Texas; the Defense Language Institute in Presidio, California and a stay at Fort Bragg, North Carolina while Nat served his second tour in Vietnam with the US Special Forces. While stationed in Taiwan, Nat got an offer he couldn’t refuse from Air America so he retired and we were off to Chiang Mai, Thailand and then to Vientiane, Laos. With the collapse of Southeast Asia, we returned to Fort Worth where the children and I lived for almost 10 years while Nat had various jobs in Saudi Arabia. As an only child, I was the primary care giver for my elderly parents. After they died and the children graduated from high school, I joined Nat in Saudi Arabia, which was an experience I will treasure forever. The Saudis we came to know were good people and it sickens me at what is going on now in that part of the world. In 1986 we left Saudi Arabia and went to Greece where we retired (for a second time) on a Greek island in the Aegean called Alonnisos. We bought an old stable, which we renovated and lived there for 13 years, which is the longest place we have lived in our married life. In 1999 on a trip to Texas, Nat was diagnosed with lung cancer. Half of his right lung was removed but the cancer was in such an early stage that he didn’t need radiation or chemotherapy, but did have to get an X-ray every three months so we bought a house in Fort Worth and made it our main residence, going to Greece for the summer. We sold the Greek house two years ago but haven’t stopped traveling. For those of you who remember me, I grew up an only child. That was due to the fact I was adopted. Several years ago I searched for and found both sides of my birth family. Unfortunately, both my birth parents had passed away but I discovered I was the oldest of 5. That took a little getting used to! I have a half sister and half brother on my birth mother’s side and two half sisters on my birth father’s side. I am active in TXCARE, which is a grass-roots organization of adult adoptees, adoptive families and biological families as well as adoption professionals and others concerned about adoption issues. If you visit our website www.txcare.org and scroll down to the picture of the TxCARE board, I am the grinning idiot in the red shirt. Nat and I have two daughters who are now 42 and 40 and a son who is 39. Both girls live in Fort Worth, our son lives in Munich, Germany. When I married Nat he came with a son, Nat Jr. We have three grandsons, two granddaughters and FOUR great-grandchildren! Life has been good.
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Since
graduating from PHS, I graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty,
Missouri in 1963 with an AB degree. I worked a brief time for JC
Penney, and then signed on as a salesman with Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company in 1965. In 1968, I was asked to join a General Agents'
Training Program at Penn's home office in Philadelphia, PA. I was there
a year, and I and my now pregnant wife were assigned to the vacated
agency in Houston TX. We got as far as Porter, a small town 50 miles
north of Houston and were struck head on by a drunk driver. This was
August 7, 1969. I was rendered a quadriplegic to this present day. My
wife was fortunately only slightly injured, but our baby was born three
months later profoundly retarded. At the age of 17, God took her to be
with Him. It was a merciful blessing, as she suffered with asthma and
severe growth retardation.
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Unless well trained, my writing an autobiography may vary like the Texas spring weather, sunny and warm one day, snowing and icy the next. But while sitting at my computer in Winter Park, Florida this balmy evening, I’ll scribe a few notes to form a partial framework – partial because we are already packing to move to California. I headed out of Ft. Worth eastward to Hollins College in VA, which promptly brought Paschal’s #6 in the ’59 graduating class down to size with an “F” on her first essay test. I was a shoo-in on multiple-choice, but essay writing had never dulled my #2 lead pencil. Two years later I pulled up enough to transfer to the University of Texas, and managed to graduate cum laude majoring in biochemistry, even while a frat gal known as “capacity” for out-drinking my Kappa Sig and Phi Gam friends. Houston was home next, and while there, I met and married Sam Bright, who moved us to New York City five months later. There I worked at Lennox Hill Hospital having earned a med. tech certificate at Hermann Hosp. in Houston. Loved the City, and got to know it well. Transferred to Dallas, where I continued working in medical laboratories until the birth of my first, 1969. About the time my second was 3, I became quite interested in a new, scrappy little TV station called KERA which was pioneering local political debates in 1972. They hired me as the Auction Director in 1974, where I stayed for another 7 years, raising money through the auction, then special events, and program underwriting. Pioneering has been the theme of my career, Public Television first, then to the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, a new start-up in 1981, where I stayed until 1992, winning grants from the N.E.H., the N.E.A. and other fine foundations and friends. (I had a stint as a single mom for several years in here, and then married Ike Griffin.) The Institute’s emphasis on literature, depth psychology, the city and urban design rounded out my education enormously, as I attended many of their outstanding classes. When my husband was selected executive director of Kairos Prison Ministry, a move to Florida became imminent. He went there; I went to California and earned a master’s degree in spiritual psychology, then on to Florida. Over the next several years, I assisted Ike in quadrupling the size of Kairos. Then we pioneered again, in 1998 to develop the first faith-based, residential program in a maximum security prison. Expanding to several other states, Horizon Communities in Prison (www.horizoncommunities.org) continues to be a source of extraordinary reentry preparation, changed lives and attitudes. Thousands of men have completed this one-year intensive program. It will be hard to leave these friends inside the walls, but the truck is now pointing to Palo Alto, California for the next adventure in our lives. My mom’s family pioneered in the gold country out there, now here comes another pioneer. Stay tuned!
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After Paschal, I went to Texas Tech and got a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Following jobs at White Sands Missile Range and Pacific Missile Range, I came back to Texas and worked for Texas Instruments, a rep company for National Semiconductor, Harris Semiconductor, and TRW Semiconductor. Sounds like a lot, but they kept selling off divisions with me in them. Finally, I worked 10 years as Executive Director of the American Electronics Association, lobbying in Washington and Austin. I left there to work in a woman-owned business (wife, Virginia, 24 years) as a gofer – what a relief after all that other stuff. She owned 3 businesses in Dallas, and I became Chief Information Officer, maintaining computers and networks in those locations plus the home systems. We sold all that in 2000 and moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where we enjoy the bucolic setting of our house on Lake Catherine (www.clever-gifts.com/views.htm . We run an Ad Specialties business out of our house now, and I only have to keep up with one network and seven computers (barely enough for the two of us). We’re trying to extend our wireless system at least to the middle of the lake so we can work and fish at the same time. We’ve recently discovered cruising (www.clever-gifts.com/mykonos.htm or www.clever-gifts/cruise.htm and are planning more in the future. Our business has trade shows in Orlando, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Chicago each year, so we get some write-off travel as well. Also, Virginia and I are the certification team for WBENC Southwest (Women Business Entrepreneurs) for the state of Arkansas, so we get to visit all the scenic spots in Arkansas, like Vilonia and Frog Level. I have two sons that live and work in the Dallas/Plano area, and one grandson.
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After I graduated from paschal, I attended UTA (then Arlington State). I was recruited by Sandia National Labs and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NO you don't need a passport. I married my high school sweetheart, Nettie, the following September. Nettie and I meet during her first year at Poly High School. We dated all during high school and college. We have been married for over 40 years now and have 5 children and 5 grandchildren. I retired from Sandia last December after 40.5 years of product engineering in microelectronics. Nettie is an RN in the NICU (intensive care of infants) at Presbyterian Hospital and hopes to retire in less than two years. We both love Albuquerque and intend to finish out our lives here together. I love fishing and gardening (both of which are hard to do in the desert) and Nettie loves to read. |
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After
Paschal I joined the Marine Corps and spent the next four years guarding
the shores of southern California and checking out all the fun spots in
the Far East. After I returned to the states, my next adventure was
spending three months cruising around the Caribbean and hoping to storm
the shores of Cuba and have fun with guns. While in the Marines I began
college and started learning to fly airplanes.
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POST PASCHAL BIO. T.C.U. 4 Years Local Banker 30 Years UBS Financial Advisor 12 Years FIRST WIFE 40Years KIDS 2 GRANDKIDS 3 REUNION ATTENDANCE 100% HEALTH: Regular HOBBIES: Cooking; Golf; Travel; Outdoors
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Graduated UT Arlington Electrical Engineering . Served in the US Army 1961-64. Married Pat Naudet in 1965 and still married. We have two children and two grand children. Worked for Western Union Telegraph for 24 years and Alcatel USA for 11 years. Retired in 2001 and live in Tyler, TX. Play lots of golf |
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I let 45 years pass before I decided that I needed to reconnect with my past at PHS. I attended the 45th reunion and was pleased to be able to see so many of my high school friends, some very dear to me. After graduation from Paschal, I decided to prolong the idea of a career in anything by attending college (Arlington State College). I attended classes faithfully for 4 years and still lack about 30 hours to be a history teacher which I don't see happening in my lifetime. After giving up on my degree, I became a legal secretary which led to an interesting job of working for a legislator from Palestine, TX in Austin for one term of the Legislature. After returning to Fort Worth, I returned to the legal business until I met my wonderful husband, Eddie, in 1968. We were married in January, 1969, and since I was borderline old maid, we began our family in 1970 with the birth of our only son, Brenton, who is now 34 years old. Brenton is married and the father of our only grandson, Lane. 18 months after Brenton's birth we welcomed Meredith Hope, our daughter, who is 32 and has two precious little girls. Her husband moved her to Sacramento, CA. She graduated from Baylor one weekend and married the next! In 1978 we welcomed our surprise little girl named Sara Elisabeth. She is a newly wed as of August, 2004. After Sara reached school age I returned to work as a private school elementary secretary and then retired from the University of Texas at Arlington in August, 2003, after 13 years as an Admin Asst. My husband was a math professor at UTA and had retired a year earlier than me. (How ironic...we had nothing in common as far as his work was concerned. I did not speak math!) As you can tell, I was a late bloomer but I am very thankful that I waited for the man that I intend to spend the rest of my life with. We have laughed together, we have cried together, we even were diagnosed with cancer about two days apart... me, the second time, and Eddie, the first time. We are now living the "life of Riley" in our beautiful new home on 7 acres of land in Grandview, Texas, and not only that, I get to live next door to my brother! What a life! We are truly blessed. Thanks to each of you for blessing my life in your own special way. You contributed to who I am. Best Wishes until we meet again, Teresa Spain Warren |
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I graduated from TCU ’64 BBA and was commissioned in the USAF as a 2hd Lt. and went right into pilot training at Reese AFB, Lubbock, TX. My wife and I were stationed on Okinawa for 3 yrs., but I spent most of my time flying in Vietnam. We had 3 sons and were divorced after 13 yrs. I went to work for Eastern Air Lines in 1973, was furloughed in 1974 and went on a CIA adventure to Cambodia 1974-75 until Pol Pot took over. After that, I worked for Lockheed in Saudi Arabia 1975-76. I came back and moved to the “redneck Riviera”-aka Ft. Walton Beach, FL working for the USAF Reserve until Eastern recalled me in 1978. In the meantime I married an Australian lady and have been “down under” 9 times – we were divorced in 1994 and had no children. Eastern went under in ‘91(see Gary Self) and I went to Turkey to fly 737’s in 1993. Air Tran Airlines was started in Dec’93 with a class of 15 pilots and I lucked out and was in that first class with a seniority #4. We are now 10 ½ yrs. Old and one of 3 airlines in the USA making money, hiring new pilots every month and growing rapidly. As most of you are aware, airline pilots in the USA have to retire at age 60, so I am working in our training dept. as a simulator instructor on the B-717. The only drawback is that I have to commute to Atlanta to go to work 3-4 times/mo. I married Kris in 1996 and we have 9 grandkids, 1 great grandchild between us. The Lord has blessed me with good health, 3 nice wives, kids, etc. I have had a wonderful ride, traveled around the world, lived in several countries, been on every continent except Antarctica (Gayle!) and am planning on many more adventures before I call it quits. I am very much looking forward to seeing all of you in Oct. |
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After
graduating, by the skin of my teeth, I played contract bridge in the
student union buildings at TCU, Baylor, University of Kentucky and Ole
Miss. No, I never made it past my second sophomore semester but I had a
great time.
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Following graduation I opted for a
higher education at Texas Tech. Several of my classmates made the same
decision, including Mike Craddock, Jim Boyd, John Brutsche and others I
can’t remember now. After a year at Tech they saw fit not to invite me
back for another (something about grades and attending classes), so I
bounced around some before joining the U.S. Navy in 1961. I became a
Chinese linguist translator, monitoring Chinese Communist naval voice
transmissions and transcribing them for Naval Intelligence — question
the word “Intelligence”. Four years later I returned to school at North
Texas State where I graduated with a degree in Advertising Design. My
career as a graphic artist began in 1968 and has spanned 40 years now.
Married twice (first time to Jan Chapman, class of ‘60) for a total of
28 years, and have been single for the past 16 years. I have a daughter,
Shana (39) who works for MHMR, and a son, Ryan (31) who is a musician
trying to establish a songwriting career in Nashville. My one grandson,
Andrew (7) is cursed with muscular dystrophy. I am now semi-retired, but
working more and earning more than ever. I think I would entertain the
idea of getting married again, possibly to one of my ex-classmates. Who
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Westenhaver, Kenneth E. – Died May 1, 2006 Thanks to all of you willing to share your rich lives, it has given me the impetus to contribute my personal history since graduation from Paschal. I have derived a great deal of pleasure reading about some of you that I have known since elementary school at Lilly B. Clayton. Perhaps some of you will remember me as well. It is astounding that after all these years; it is still important what my peers think. After graduation, I attended North Texas State College for a year, ending with only moderate academic success and no funds for the future. Uncle Sam offered a solution through veterans benefit programs, so I joined his Army in order to qualify. Fate put me in the right place when I spent the last 6 months in the Service at Headquarters, Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio. As a frustrated physician wannabee, I found that I could contribute to patient care from an administrative position if not from a clinical one. That was in 1963. I have been in healthcare ever since. It has taken a considerable academic process to be a meaningful contributor in the healthcare field. I finished my BBA at the University of Texas, Arlington while working full time for a family nursing home business in Grand Prairie and later at All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth. After moving around the Southeast with for-profit hospital corporations while I was career building and moving up proverbial corporate ladders, I landed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1984. While here, I have received a MBA in healthcare management from Bristol University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Healthcare Management from Oxford Graduate School. My Knoxville experience for the past 20 years has been as President of a not-for-profit hospital cooperative. It is owned by 14 hospitals, all located in the East Tennessee area. After a couple of false starts, I finally married well. She is a Tennessee native and has reminded me that historically, there would not be a Texas if it were not for the Tennessee Volunteers. We collectively have three grown children and two grand children. Both Judy and I work full time and fill sparse leisure hours with yard work and reading. Warmest regards to all
Kenneth Westenhaver died May 1, 2006. A copy of his obituary is reprinted in the Obits section of our website. |
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