Wayne Dillon:  

Hello fellow classmates, I was a 1965 graduate and Senior class President. Myself and John Aragon played a big role in putting together the 1964 and 1965 Yearbooks. Myself and Mick Wyatt attended Boys State together and played basketball. My Senior Year I was carried off the court by my team mates for winning the district playoff game with a second free throw. Mick was a real bud of mine and it really saddened my heart when his life ended early. I was also lead in the annual school paly with Debbie Emerson. Was blessed to run into much later. She too was another who left life too early. After High School I went to ENMU in Portales and graduated in 1970 with a double major in psychology and sociology. I was a member of the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity and Alpha Beta Kapa campus Service Fraternity. During this adventure I got lost in Calculus III which was theoretical math dropping out. This ended my window to go into research as a Thunderstorm chaser. Becoming a counselor also ended after interviewing those in the field. Too many restrictions. Thus I ended up working 7 yrs for the State of N.M. mainly as a Public Health Business Administrator leaving three new Public Health Offices behind (This won me the Outstanding Young Men of America award submitted by the Nurses and my administrative staff. my , including one for Roswell. After a the County Manager for a year and 3.5 yrs as Deputy Support Director for the Rowell Rehabilitation Center. Did not get married until 1976 and still married to this date. After Rehab ended up in Dallas, Texas and worked for the City of Dallas Park and Recs Dept. as Support Services Manager at the Dallas Zoo in 1986. Won many awards for Ingenuity, Special Service Recognition awards, Community Service awards, and for being a part of the Zoo's 25 acre Exhibit expansion adding the Wi...Expand for more