Shaping a Safe and Healthy Future Dr. Arturo Felix “Happy” E. Castro 1997 Graduate of McMurry University with a B.B.A. in Business Finance Service with a smile! Whether it is military service or medical service, that is what you get from Happy Castro. Happy was born Arturo Felix E. Castro in 1972 in the Philippines. The name “Felix” means “Happy” in Latin. Whether his christening was prophetic or he just grew to fit the moniker, he was appropriately named. In 1992, Happy moved with his family to Los Angeles, California. He began his undergraduate work in Business Finance at U.C.L.A. During that time he joined the Air Force and was stationed at Dyess Air Force Base. In Abilene he spent a good deal of his daytime hours serving his country and then spent his “free time” pursuing a bachelor’s degree at McMurry. It was at McMurry that his course would change as he began to take the first steps toward a lifetime of service to mankind in another field—the field of medicine. He graduated from McMurry in 1997 and entered medical school at U.N.T. Health Sciences Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. During this time, Happy had finished his commitment to the Air Force and joined the Air National Guard. From November 2007
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to January 2008, he was called upon to serve as a Flight Surgeon for the 332nd Air Wing, historically known as the “Tuskegee Airmen.” This deployment was in Al Assad, Iraq with the Michigan Air National Guard. “I must say that I am so proud to have served with so many brave and wonderful young men and women, most of whom are still there serving much longer tours than I did and under much more dire circumstances.” Happy added, “I worked in both the clinic and the hospital and was witness to an incredible amount of bravery and honor, furthering my faith in America and our capability to do anything we set our minds to.” When asked how his experience at McMurry University helped prepare him, a student with a B.B.A. in Business Finance, for medical school, Happy was quick to answer. “Although medicine is a very high tech profession, patients are really only interested in two
