Boyce Hugh Hurley:  

Boyce was born is Wichita Falls on January 5, 1941. His Dad was the Agriculture Science teacher at Henritta High School. During the summers his family would stay in College Station, so that his Dad could work on his master's and administrative degrees. When he was twelve, the family moved to Hamilton, Texas where his Dad continued to teach Agriculture Science. Both of his parents were from Hamilton County, Texas. While in Hamilton, his Mom finished her degree in elementary education. Between his sophomore and junior years in high school, his Dad accepted a position as principal in Throckmorton, Texas. His Mom taught fifth grade. Boyce graduated from Throckmorton High in 1959. He entered Texas Technological College and began studying Mechanical Engineering. He was also a member of the R.O.T.C. program. Upon his graduation from college, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. in the U.S. Army. He received training in Aberdeen, MD and spent the next two years in Okinawa working with nuclear weapons. Upon his return to the US, he was hired as a mechanical engineer at Texas Instruments in Dallas. In the fall of 1967, a co-worker decided to play match maker and introduced Boyce to Sandra Carter, a junior at Baylor University College of D...Expand for more