1985 S. Vance Renshaw
(BS, Biology) is facility medical director for the north Fort Worth location of First Choice Emergency Room, a freestanding emergency room system. He was named a Top Doc in Emergency Medicine by Fort Worth, Texas magazine in 2011. Noted: December 12, 2012
1985 Curt Culbertson
(BA, Physical Education/History) guided the Arlington Martin High School baseball team to the state tournament in 2012. The Warriors advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated. He was a member of the UT Arlington baseball team from 1983-1985. Noted: December 12, 2012
1983 Don Taylor
(’83 BS, ’85 MS, Industrial Engineering) spoke at the UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series in March. He is department head of the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Noted: December 12, 2012
1982 Mike Guyton
(BS, Electrical Engineering) was elected secretary for the board of directors of Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity, a nonprofit organization in Fort Worth. He is vice president of customer relations for Oncor Electric Delivery. Noted: December 12, 2012
1982 Glenn Garoon
(MBA, Business Administration) was recognized as the Appraisal Institute’s Volunteer of Distinction for July in Region VIII, which consists of Texas and New Mexico. He is the owner of Glenn Garoon Real Estate in Fort Worth and was a lecturer in the UT Arlington Department of Finance and Real Estate from 2004-2008. Noted: December 12, 2012
1981 Zachary Thompson
(BSSW) is director of Health and Human Services in Dallas. Noted: December 12, 2012
1981 Zoie Ohmes
(BM) is a 2012 Impact Grant Recipient in the Arlington Independent School District. Recipients are educators with creative ideas and innovative projects. She teaches at Webb Elementary School. Noted: December 12, 2012
1980 Robert P. Shepard
(BBA, Management) was elected to a third term for District 6 on the Arlington City Council. Noted: December 12, 2012
1980 Debra Meeks
(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth. Noted: December 12, 2012
1980 Fred Buckingham
(’80 MS, ’93 PhD, Mechanical Engineering) is CEO and chairman of the board of directors for Alternative Petroleum Technologies, based in Reno, Nev. He has more than 35 years experience developing and deploying hybrid liquid fuel technology. Noted: December 12, 2012
1979 Robert Campbell
(BS, Biology) is an emergency room physician in Mineral Wells. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at UT Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012
1979 Marsha Matlock Campbell
(BA, History) is program manager at Sabre Holdings in Southlake. Noted: December 12, 2012
1978 Vinsen Faris
(’78 BA, Political Science; ’93 MPA, Public and Urban Administration) is in his 25th year as executive director of Meals on Wheels of Johnson and Ellis counties. Noted: December 12, 2012
1999 Alan Dettlaff
(’99 MSSW; ’04 PhD, Social Work) was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Noted: December 12, 2012
1999 John Dees
(BA, Interdisciplinary Studies) is principal at Peete Elementary School in Tyler. He had been an assistant principal in the Grand Prairie Independent School District since 2007. Noted: December 12, 2012
1999 Amy Conner
(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Rockwall. Noted: December 12, 2012
1977 Lee Krystinik
(BS, Geology) was voted 2012-13 president-elect by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. A 1999 UT Arlington Distinguished Alumnus, he is principal of Fossil Creek Resources in Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012
1974 Laurel Mayo
(’76 BA, ’92 MA, French) is a faculty development specialist in Classroom Support Services at UT Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012
1974 Gary Russell
(BA, Exercise and Sport Studies) retired after a 37-year career in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. He was a high school math teacher, junior high and high school counselor, and district coordinator for counseling and guidance. Noted: December 12, 2012
1971 Kristy Libotte Keener
(BFA, Art) won a Gold Hermes Creative Award for graphic design for a transportation aviation cover for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, where she is the graphic design coordinator. Noted: December 12, 2012
1970 Gayle Turbiville Lee
(MSSW) co-wrote AWEtizm: A Hidden Key to Our Spiritual Magnificence with her nonverbal autistic daughter, Lyrica Mia Marquez. They are receiving global recognition, sharing their message through television, radio, and the Internet. Noted: December 12, 2012
1970 Carol D. King
(BBA, Accounting) has published three novels and several poems after retiring from an accounting career. Noted: December 12, 2012
1970 Dick Hill
(BA, History) has completed 38 years as a police officer for the city of Arlington and was the 1996 Arlington Police Department Officer of the Year. He is a member of the UT Arlington Athletic Hall of Honor, finishing as the all-time leading pass receiver for the football team. Noted: December 12, 2012
1968 Jim McClellan
(’68 BA, Political Science; ’70 MA, History) was proclaimed a Living Legend by the city of Alexandria, Va., for his work in education and human rights. A 1997 UT Arlington Distinguished Alumnus, he is dean of liberal arts at Northern Virginia Community College. Noted: December 12, 2012
1966 Donald Stevenson
(BA, History) is chief administrative judge in the Plano Municipal Court. Noted: December 12, 2012
1966 Jerry Newell
(BS, Mechanical Engineering) was named to the board of directors at Klotz Associates, an engineering, architectural, and environmental consulting firm based in Houston. He is vice president at Klotz and has been involved with water, wastewater, and transportation projects in Texas for nearly 40 years. Noted: December 12, 2012
1961 C. Roland Haden
(BS, Electrical Engineering) was named to a three-year term as president of the Wingfield Family Society in June. He also will serve as the Lord of the Manor of Wingfield, an official English title. Dr. Haden is a UT Arlington Distinguished Alumnus. Noted: December 12, 2012
1999 Brenda Allen
(BBA, Accounting) is a 2012 Impact Grant Recipient in the Arlington Independent School District. Recipients are educators with creative ideas and innovative projects. She teaches at Ditto Elementary School. Noted: December 12, 2012
1998 David Mabry
(MA, English) was selected Teacher of the Year by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Arlington’s Nichols Junior High School, where he teaches eighth-grade history. Noted: December 12, 2012
