Baylor University College of Dentistry - Baylor Burr Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Top Row, left to right: Ronnie Short, A. G. Bradford, James Hanks, David Williams, Robert White, Robert Christian. Bottom Row, left to right: Dan J. Harrell, Milvern Harrell, John S. Eads, Tom Key, Janvan Jenkins, George Jarman. Not Pictured: William C. Van Gorder, C. Tom Warrington and Joe G. Worsham. Freshmen What, me worry?

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Top Row, left to right: Terry Morris, Richard Homsey, Jim Grigsby, Russell Weed, Ed Powell, Duke Bennett, Leroy Freeman, Thomas Parsons, Gary Bailey, Roger Salome, James Schulgen. Bottom Row, left to right: John Keller, Gerald Daniel, Paul Harrington, Larry Cunningham, Bill Thornton, Lynn Williams, Gene Shelhamer, Patrick Allen, Arlet Dunsworth. Freshmen Below—Top Row, left to right: James F. Sims, H. Kent Hombs, Glenn Darby, Don McCollum, Max Chennault, Johnny Montgomery, W. Earl Dunn, Howard Little, Donald Burnett, James R. Lowrey, D. James Johnston. Bottom Row, left to right: Keith Thornton, Manly Johnson, Jay Hutchens, Donald Bahner, Albert Owen, James Economides, Roger Bohannan, Wayne Peavy, Rudy Ingersoll.

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In Memoriam Thomas L. Parsons “There is the door, the handle to turn, the latc h to lift—and all these years I have been finding, acquiring, filling my pockets with keys. Already the doors are opening. Through how many shall I finally pass?” Thomas L. Parsons of Hobbs, New Mexico, was killed in an oil field accident during summer employment August 31, 1966. His untimely death was a shock to his many friends at the College. His passing was a loss to the profession of dentistry as he had proved to be a very fine student in the primary courses of his professional work. He had played an active part in his dental school functions and was an active participant in local church and civic affairs. He was a member of the Medical and Dental Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church of Dallas. He had told his parents that the professors and officials of the school were dedicated people and of the high- est type. He also had the highest praise for the students. His ambition was to graduate at the top of his class, and he had expressed a desire to aid underprivileged children in their dental care when he became a practicing dentist. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Parsons, Hobbs, New Mexico, have endowed a loan fund in his memory so that other young men may receive financial help in the pursuit of a professional education at the College. 94