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Hugh Parmer

 

 

William James ∙ Polytechnical, 1957

Member, Texas House ∙ Fort Worth mayor ∙ Member, Texas Senate 

Asst. Administrator, USAID ∙ President, American Refugee Committee 

Fellow, Humphrey Inst. of Public Affairs

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A.M. Pate Jr

 

 

Polytechnic, 1938

CEO/Board Chairman, Texas Refinery Corporation

Joe Nick Patoski

 

 

Arlington Heights, 1969

Former senior editor, Texas Monthly; author

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Bill Paxton

 

 

Arlington Heights, 1973

Actor; Writer; Producer; Director; Best Actor nominee, Emmy Awards

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Suzy Peacock

 

 

Westcliff ∙ McLean ∙ Paschal, 1962

Executive Director, Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Co-founder, REAL School Gardens 

Named a Great Woman of Texas in 2008, Fort Worth Business Press

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Charles Frank Pendleton

Paschal, 1949

Korean War hero

Congressional Medal of Honor (posthumous)

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Roy S. Petty

 

 

M.H. Moore, W.A. Meacham, Diamond Hill-Jarvis, 1976

Navy Cyber Defense Operations Commanding Officer; Naval War College Military Professor;

Navy Captain; National Security Agency Cyber Operations professional; Recipient of various distinguished awards

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Claude Platte

 

 

James E. Guinn, I.M. Terrell, 1937

Tuskegee Airman; Texas Aviation Hall of Fame;

Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

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Horatio Porter

 

 

Maudrie M. Walton, Dunbar, Polytechnic, 1988

Chief Financial Officer, North Texas Tollway Authority; CFO, City of Fort Worth, 2013;

Financial Excellence Award, FedEx; Five-time All-America sprinter, TCU

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Hazel Harvey Peace

 

 

Fort Worth Colored High School, 1919

Teacher, vice principal, I.M. Terrell • Staff, Bishop College 

Namesake, Hazel Harvey Peace professorship

at University of North Texas • Civic leader

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Veda Philips Felder

 

 

I.M. Terrell, 1928

Founder, United Christian Leadership School

Author • Civic leader • Civil rights leader

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Betsy Price

 

 

South Hi Mount, Stripling, Arlington Heights, 1968

Fort Worth mayor; Tarrant County tax assessor;

businesswoman; Civic leader