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Jerry Krause (’81,ATFL) and his twinengine
Beechcraft 1900 aircraft went
missing Sunday, April 7, in a storm off
the coast of West Africa on approach to
the Sao Tome airport. He was flying from
Johannesburg, South Africa, to Mali when
radio contact was lost. The emergency
location transmitter in his aircraft was
never activated, and despite searches
in the Gulf of Guinea, no wreckage has
been reported, which leads the family to
believe the plane could still be intact with
Jerry alive. His family set up a website
www.findjerry.com to raise awareness and
prayer support.
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Dean Thomas (’90,
MT/ATBS) and his
wife, Lynn, along
with their daughter
Carly (20) and son
Troy (18), live in Oklahoma City, Okla.,
where Dean works as a stress analyst
engineer for Boeing.
Michael Brown (’94, BU/AU) has worked
at the Procter & Gamble Wal-Mart team
for over 12 years. His team won Supplier
of the Year award at the Wal-Mart year
beginning meeting due to excellence with
the 2012 ZzzQuil launch.
Jeffrey (‘95, ATFL) and Nicole Barnett
(’95, BI) shared their story of ministry
with AIM Air on a radio show, "Hearts for
Africa Radio Show.” Go to http://www.
heartsforafricaradio.com/ Jeff's interview is
#35 under the Archived Shows.
Penny (’95, BBM) and Robert Parsons
(’95, BBM) live in Granbury, Texas. Penny
is semi-retired and works part-time as a
clerical assistant at Bond Arms, Inc.
David C. Stanton (’94,
ME) recently patented
an auxiliary power unit
diagnostic tool for a truck
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)
while working for Navistar
in Ft. Wayne, Ind. The tool is to help
technicians diagnose power generator
problems. He has accepted a new job as
a project engineer for Terex in Fort Wayne.
He and his wife, Amy, have three children,
ages 12, 10, and 7.
Carrie Fitchett (’95,
BUBS) is a tour director
working with Educational
Travel Adventures and
was featured in an Urban
Insider column in National
Geographic in January.
Jeffrey “Jeff” Waldrop (’95, ATFL)
received his Ph.D. in Church History
and Theology from Fuller Theological
Seminary during the summer of 2012.
He now teaches as an adjunct profetssor
for Golden Gate Baptist Theological
Seminary. He lives in Pasadena, Calif.
with his wife, Carey.
Jennifer Goodin (’98, BBM), her
husband, Kevin, and their two sons, Austin
(21) and Ryan (15), live in Bixby, Okla.
Jennifer works as an IT director in Tulsa,
Okla.
Joel (JD) ('98, EE) and Antonia
(McCarron) Solis ('99, ACCT) now live in
Cypress, Texas. Joel works for Dresser-
Rand as a Commodity Specialist in
Houston.
Pamela Taylor (’99, BBA) graduated from
Washburn Law School in December. She
passed the Texas Bar Exam and is now a
licensed attorney in Irving, Texas.
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Keeng Eng (’00, BBM) is now senior
consultant for Ambit Energy in Houston.
Stephen Casey, (’03 HIPL,
BI) is chief counsel for the
Texas Center for the Defense
of Life (www.TCDL.org) and
recently was featured on
national news for successfully saving
the life of the unborn baby of a pregnant
Houston-area 16-year-old whose parents
were seeking to coerce her into getting an
abortion. TCDL is a nonprofit that seeks
to defend the sanctity of human life by
providing legal representation to pro-life
organizations and individuals.
Robert “Bob” Francis (’06, MBA) has
a new job as vice president of marketing
at Capital Assets Group for Liquidity
Services, Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Steven “Mike” Cross (’07, CE) has been
promoted to Systems Engineer II and is
relocating to St. Louis, Mo., with his wife,
Cyndi, to work a new contract with Harris
Corp. Mike and Cyndi also have launched
a website, www.crossbeatstudios.com, to
share their mutual passion for music.
David Martinez II (’07, MBA), his wife,
Olivia, and their two children, Carl (8) and
Mateo (6), currently live in Dallas, where
David is a financial advisor for Wells Fargo
Advisors LLC.
Greggory Wright
(’07, PSYS) received
his Ph.D. in Industrial/
Organizational
Psychology from Capella
University in February.
He and his wife, Lauren,
are moving to Farmers
Branch, Texas, to start a
new job working for T-System.
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