Richard Thomas Howerton III

richardthowerton3@gmail.com

Attended Wake Forest, where I met my bride, then on to Duke for MHA. A stint in Naval Medical Service Corp at Portsmouth, VA. Followed by hospital administrator jobs in NC -Oxford, Burlington, Charlotte, and Atlanta. Now enjoying retirement and living in Winston-Salem, NC.
I continue trying to keep myself of the ditches of life. I can wax philosophic on the antics of my three sons, entertain myself with some pretty bad guitar playing, good reading, okay writing, excellent movie-watching, and skilled channel surfing.
Officiating at Drew and Lydia's wedding remains a personal highlight. If any of you want to get married, my Internet ordination is good in 50 states.

It's been great reading the updated posts of our classmates. I look forward to seeing those of you who can make it to our 45th. See you all at the 50th!
I wish I had witnessed all of the stories told by our classmates on this site.
I recall Cam Wiley giving Jon Billig a heart attack by smacking a yardstick on his desk in 8th grade math class for falling asleep. Then there was the time the track team (Charley Patterson) knocked out the back window of a school bus saying "hey" to a car load of girls by showing them his, how shall I say, best side.
I have retold many times Mrs. Murphy's famous words to us 7th graders, having been bused to the BHS auditorium for our 8th grade orientation, "Today, you are adults, children."
I have written as a hobby a bit over the years, and several years ago, I bumped into Mrs. Cole, my 11th grade English teacher. I always wanted to tell her how much it meant to me that she let me write fiction for her theme assignments and how I credited her for setting me on a path of creativity. She replied kindly that, while my name rang a bell, she didn't recall that she had done so or that I did, and apologized. I share this not because my writing was memorable (it certainly wasn't), but because that's what good teachers did and still do -- impact students significantly and positively without ever knowing it. Here's to all good teachers - past, present, and future!