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RANGE RIDER | FALL-WINTER 2017 47 The Alumni Legacy Scholarship is available for children and grandchildren of HSU Alumni. Make your donation to the Legacy Scholarship Fund in honor or memory of a professor, classmate, or loved one. ALUMNI LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP Helping Alumni Children & Grandchildren Experience HSU Information and applications available at: connect.hsutx.edu/scholarships Alumni Association, Box 16102, Abilene, TX 79698 alumni@hsutx.edu Mr. Brandon Hollands ’01BBA , serves as Exec. VP for Membership & Retention and was on the 2016-2017 Board of Directors for the American Marketing Association DFW Chapter; bdhollands@yahoo.com. Mr. Barrett Thomas ’01BBS , is a founding partner with Blanchard & Thomas, LLP and manages the central Texas offices. He is excited to announce they have expanded to include a Temple location. They now maintain offices in Dallas, Waco, and Temple and primarily handle family law cases; barrett@blanchardthomas.com. Prof. John Caraway ’02BBS , was recently promoted to Department Head for Government and History at Cisco College; john.caraway@cisco.edu. Dr. Sarah (Jones) Morris ’02BS , received the Academy of General Dentistry’s Fellowship Award during the AGD annual meeting in July 2017, in Las Vegas; sarah@sarahmorrisdds.com. Mrs. Holly Rampy ’02BA , Dallas attorney, of the Family Law boutique firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson, LLP, has been selected among the Top 50 Up-and-Coming Women Attorneys on the Texas Rising Stars list for 2017. She was also named to the Top 100 Up-and-Coming Attorneys listing, which recognizes the best young lawyers in any practice across Texas; hrampy@yahoo.com. Mrs. Rachel “Paula” (Kilgore) Parkhill ’04MSN , is the wife of Richard “Codie” Parkhill (18+ years), mother of Hudson age 8 and Jaxson age 7 and has been employed as a Family Nurse Practitioner at ENT Specialists of Abilene for 13+ years. She enjoys her family, helping others and fitness! paula.parkhill@gmail.com. Mr. David Krake ’04BBA , was recognized on Forbe’s list of the up-and-coming generation of wealth advisors. David is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch, in Brea, CA. Mr. Walter Nicolds ’04BA , married Tammy J. Clifford DDS on April 22, 2017 in Providence, RI; Bassman982@hotmail.com . Mr. Leonard “Len” Williams ’04BBS , founded “The KJV Store” an online store at just 22 years of age. The idea of The KJV Store was inspired by his father, who is a pastor and has a huge passion for the King James Version of the Bible. Len is very thankful for everything Dr. Coleman Patterson, Director of Leadership Studies/Professor of Management and Leadership at HSU, did for him while he was creating his online store. Fort Worth; lenmwilliams@gmail.com. 7 Mr. Kade Curry ’05BS/’08MDiv , was installed as Pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Springdale, Arkansas in August 2017. Pictured to the left of Kade is Dr. Ronnie Prevost, retired HSU/Logsdon faculty who participated in the installation and is currently serving as Interim Pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Rogers, Arkansas. Mrs. Deborah (Zeck) Foster ’05BBS , married David Foster in May 2017. David is the Youth Pastor of FBC Stamford; deborah.zeck@gmail.com. Mr. William “Wayne” Holder ’05BBS , was promoted to Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy; wwholder188@gmail.com. 8 Mr. Kyle Finleon ’06BBA , married Mariah Hotter in Costa Rica in August 2017. They have a house in Austin and are looking to grow their family in the near future; Kyle_finleon@yahoo.com. Mr. Ryan Gibson ’06BBA , was promoted to Partner at Condley and Company, LLP; ryan. gibson@condley.com. Mr. Chris Gordon ’06BBS , recently made partner at his law firmThompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP in Dallas; agord0818@yahoo.com. Mr. Joshua “Josh” Greer ’06BS , is now an Assistant Vice President at First Financial Bank in Abilene; joshgreer351@yahoo.com . Detective Christopher Milliorn ’07BBS , son of Melissa Milliorn ’93BBS , head of HSU Social Work, of the Abilene Police Department was in a serious car accident on August 6, 2017 near Clyde,along with Detective Bobby Collins ’04BA (son of HSU faculty member Dr. Renee and Bob BBS ’10 Collins , brother to Shannon (Collins) Maynard ), and Detective Elise Ybarra, who was killed in the accident. Milliorn and Collins were on extended medical leave while physically recovering from their injuries as a result of the accident. HSU surrounded these families with great love, prayer, and support during this very difficult time. Both families express their gratitude for all of the calls, visits, messages, meals, and physical assistance, but especially for the prayers and love received. 7 8 ALUMNI