South Plains College announces 2013 Distinguished Alumni - LubbockOnline.com
South Plains College has selected four former students to receive its highest alumni award for 2013.
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Selected for the honor are Brian T. Butcher, deputy software lead for the Morpheus Project at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston; Jamie K. Roney, nurse specialist and sepsis coordinator at Covenant Health System in Lubbock; and Robin Satterwhite, academic dean for the School of Allied Health at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. A posthumous award will be given to Dennis Patton, former SPC men’s basketball coach, co-owner of Chem-Tech Services in Levelland and former South Plains College regent.
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