Service in the Texas Highway Patrol

Texas DPS Academy Class A-80

January 7 – May 9, 1980

Front Row ( all rows L-R):  Jim Taylor, Director of Training Academy, Roger Leathers, Recruit School Coordinator, Earl Petropoulos, Larry Secrest, Phillip Waldrup, Max Stahl, David Dudley, Fred Walker, Dwayne Pruett, James Johnson, Alvin Lewis, Sgt. Robert Andrews, Sgt. Richard Lenoir, Sgt. Fred Little

Second Row:  John LaRocque, Rafael Hernandez, Scott Finch, Joe Prescella, James Tucker, David Sligh, Ken Havins, Michael Mote, George Sisneros, Timothy Ray, Johnny Sherwood, James Savage, Rocky Wardlow

Third Row:  Joe Frias, Larry Watson, Michael Heitkamp, Stacy Nobles, Pedro Lozano, Alfredo Garcia, Jose Hernandez, Luis Carrillo, Gregory Bedford, Barry Goines, George Thomas, Tom Prudom, Kenneth Miniard

Fourth Row:  Douglas Vance, Rene Garza, Federico Castillo, John Brannon, Felipe Escobedo, Johnny Hirst, Dave Holden, Carey Booker, Mark Byrd, Charles Derrick, John Perdue, Clif Floyd, Joey Gordon, Jude Schexnyder

Fifth Row:  Lucio Flores, Frank Frausto, Rene Munoz, Richard Najera, John Fields, Israel Pacheco, Praxedis Flores, Jose Cortines, Lambert Cantu, Bill Fort, Paul Cullum, Don Graham, Larry Martin, Scott Haag, Kevin Vreeland

Sixth Row:  Mike Cowie, Glenden Hunt, Michael Brown, Johnny Bekkelund, Marcus McCormick, James Lasater, Roberto Garza, Michael Fincher, Monte Grimes, Kenneth Reynolds, Tom Selman, Charles Woods, John Hughes

Graduation Day from DPS Academy – May 9, 1980

with Norman Zator parents, Director James Adams and DPS Commissioner Charles Nash

Reporting to Woodville, Texas in Highway Patrol one week later