CITY ISD FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

1 2 th Annual Community Recognition Celebration

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texas city texas city isd la marque Ha of Honor Partners & Honorees Legacy Ha The Texas City ISD Foundation for the Future invites you to attend the 12 th Annual Community Recognition Celebration Thursday, October 12, 2017 Honorees cocktail reception and silent auction - 5:00 p.m. Dinner - 5:45 p.m. Program - 6:45 p.m. Charles T. Doyle Convention Center 2010 Fifth Avenue North Texas City, Texas Special Recognition Pastor Robin Reeves Neal Mora Marion Godeaux Spirit of Education Award Visionary Award Distinguished Service Award

$75 per person/$750 for a table of 8 Table includes dinner and wine Dress is smart casual. Please respond early as seating is limited. RSVP by returning the enclosed response card, by email to [email protected] or by calling Deborah Laine at 409.916.0108. 2017 Hall of Honor

dr. raul m. cruz Christopher C. Doyle TCHS Class of 1974 TCHS Class of 1984 Dr. Raul M. Cruz uses his expertise as a head and neck Christopher Doyle is a true leader working for the com- surgeon to not only improve the lives of his patients, but mon good in his community both civically and profes- to take care of those in foreign countries through medical sionally. He is president and CEO of Texas First Bank, missions. He has been an otolaryngologist at the Oakland serves as president of Texas Independent Bancshares, Inc. Medical Center for 20 years. Cruz belongs to the Bay Area and currently serves on the board of directors for the Fed- Surgical Mission which provides medical mission care to the Philippines. He is eral Reserve Bank of Dallas. Besides his professional achievements, Doyle gives also a volunteer surgeon for Operation Access, a nonprofit organization offer- back to the community through the Boy Scouts of America and the Texas City- ing free surgical services to the working poor in the San Francisco Bay Area. La Marque Jaycees. As the former chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory He currently serves on the executive council for the Pacific Coast Oto-Oph- Board, Doyle is currently co-chairing a nearly $3.3 million capital campaign to thalmological Society and is the founder of the East Bay Men’s Book Club. relocate and build a new Center of Hope for the Salvation Army in Galveston.

matthew a. deggs steven a. mount TCHS Class of 1990 TCHS Class of 2004 Matthew Deggs has received many accolades for a suc- Maj. Steven Mount embodies service before self through cessful career as a baseball coach; however, those closest his patriotism as a Air Force officer and pilot to him know that his true accomplishment is developing as well as his more than 350 volunteer hours for the Spe- good character in his student athletes. During his tenure cial Olympics. He was awarded eight combat Air Medals, as head coach at Sam State University, Deggs two in support of hostage rescue operations during de- led his team to win two Southland Conference championships, participated in ployments to Afghanistan to support the War on Terrorism. Mount is currently two NCAA regionals and led the Bearkats to play in their first NCAA Super a flight commander and pilot of the U-2 Dragon Lady. He has accomplished Regional. Deggs’ 21-year coaching career has included stints at Northwestern 13 operational surveillance missions in South Korea and flown 17 additional State, Texarkana College, the University of Arkansas, Texas A&M University combat missions. Despite often being overseas, he continues his work with the and the University of Louisiana. Special Olympics and earned a spot as a game’s team management member. 2017 Legacy Hall

jeffery T. Banister dr. robin armstrong lmHS Class of 1982 lmHS Class of 1987 Jeffery Banister could have ended his baseball career in Dr. Robin Armstrong learned from an early age that good high school and college due to major medical issues, but citizenship requires community service. Not only is Arm- he persevered to fulfill his goals. From threats to amputate strong on staff at Mainland Medical Center, but he also a leg to being told he’d never walk again due to paralysis, serves as a board member of Clear Lake Regional Medical Banister never let go of his dream of a career in Major Center and is president of the medical staff at Mainland League Baseball. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the University Medical Center. Armstrong has been consulted twice recently by the White of Houston in 1986. Following his playing career, Banister stayed with the House in the national initiative to reform healthcare. He was recently elected to Pirates as a coach for their Minor League Baseball affiliates and as a bench serve on a committee to represent Texas at the Republican National Commit- coach. He was hired during the 2014-15 offseason by the Texas Rangers as their tee. He has volunteered in politics on many local and state levels, including as a manager and, in 2015, was named the American League Manager of the Year. State Republican Executive Committee member for Texas Senate District 11.

michael matranga dr. martha W. Rac lmHS Class of 1995 LMHS Class of 1999 Michael Matranga has fulfilled his goal of achieving the Dr. Martha Rac has known what is means to be first in highest level of protection training the Secret Service has state since being a pitcher for the 1997 4A State Cham- to offer. In 2010, he was selected to attend the United pion softball team. As an obstetrician-gynecologist States Secret Service Counter Assault Team’s training specializing in maternal fetal medicine at the Texas Chil- and was selected as leader of a team trained to deploy dren’s Pavilion for Women, she developed a Zika-specific should someone actively seek to harm the president. In addition, Matranga was obstetrics clinic in 2016, the first in Texas. The clinic helps expectant mothers responsible for the advance logistics for presidential visits all over the world. who have been exposed to the Zika infectious disease through mosquito bites. After serving as a counter assault operator for four years, he transferred to a Additionally, Rac serves as co-director of the High-Risk Obstetrics Infectious more visible role in the presidential division of the Secret Service. He also has Disease Clinic at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston. She was featured on Houston experience as a special agent and criminal investigator for financial crimes. Public Media’s NPR and in Texas Monthly’s Super Doctors 2017 Rising Stars.