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Jerry “Chip” Davis, B.S. in general business and ’73 M.B.A. in business administration,
is Chairman of National Farm Life Insurance Company and received the 2016 American Council of Life Insurers’ (ACLI) Forum 500 Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented annually to an individual whose work has greatly contributed to the life insurance industry, especially to the small- and medium-sized life insurance companies the Forum 500 represents. Davis received the Distinguished Alumnus award in1995. In addition to the Forum 500 Board of Governors, Mr. Davis serves on the ACLI Board of Directors and the Tarleton State University Foundation Board.
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Kelli Horry, B.B.A. in marketing, was
promoted to senior vice president of mortgage at TexasBank. She joined the TexasBank mortgage team in 2014 and served in multiple roles since that time.
Kelly ‘Horton’ Walker, B.S. in geology, was re-elected to her third term on the Highland Park ISD School Board. Walker is the president and founder of Benchmark Environmental Consultants in Dallas. She currently serves as the Finance Officer for the HPISD Board of Trustees; Advisory Board for the HP Education Foundation; a guild member of La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas and a member of the Captial Projects Committee for the City of University Park.
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Scott Summy, B.A. in
political science, received the Civility with Integrity Award from Tarleton. The presentation was part of Tarleton’s 2016 President’s Legacy Awards ceremony. Summy is the head of the Environmental Litigation Group at Baron & Budd in Dallas and was voted one of the Best Lawyers in America (206-2016) by Woodward White, Inc. In addition to his degree from Tarleton, Summy received his law degree from Texas Tech University.
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Robert Morrison, M.Ed. in physical
education, was selected as the new principal of Abilene High School. It was a historic choice as Morrison is the only African-American at Abilene High. Prior to the selection, Morrison was the principal at Sweeny High School in
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the Houston area. He has been a school administrator since 1997 and his first teaching position was at Bangs High School.
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David C. Gay, B.B.A. in accounting and
finance, spoke to the Richardson ISD AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) students. Gay spoke on his success in life after suffering catastrophic burns and injuries in an electrical/ industrial accident in 1982 at age 22. Gay is a double amputee who embarked on a banking career after Tarleton, eventually becoming Presidet/CEO of First National Bank in Crockett. Gay retired from the bank in 2008, but joined Silverstone Consultants in 2011 as a senior consultant. Silverstone consults with community bank management and boards of directors on issues related to credit and lending.
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Dr. Dan McCoy, B.S.
in biology, was named president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. McCoy joined BCBSTX in 2012. As divisional senior vice president of Texas market strategy and Texas plan chief medical officer, Dr. McCoy oversaw the development and coordination of market strategy and business development across Texas. Prior to BCBSTX, McCoy was managing partner at Texas Dermatology Associates. He also served as medical director of the Melanoma Screening Clinic at Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor University Medical Center’s Outpatient Cancer Center. McCoy serves on the Dallas Regional Chamber Board, the Texas CASA Board and the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees. In addition to graduating summa cum laude from Tarleton State University, McCoy earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
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Shawn Lane, B.B.A. in accounting, was
named district MVP for April at Willis ISD. Lane is the librarian at Hardy and Cannan Elementary Schools. Lane is a veteran educator, serving as an elementary teacher, school counselor and librarian for 18 years. She was previously the director of libraries for Cisco ISD.
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Loretta Rudd, M.Ed. in educational administration, serves as the first lady of the University of Memphis. She and her husband, U of M President M. David Rudd, arrived in Memphis in 2013. Loretta accepted a position as clinical associate professor in child development and David, at that time, was offered the provost position. In addition to her degree from Tarleton, Loretta has her bachelor’s and master’s from The University of Texas at Austin in communication disorders/ deaf education and her doctorate in educational psychology from Baylor University.