Todd Holzaepfel:
CLASS OF 1964
Jones High SchoolClass of 1964
Houston, TX
Todd's Story
After graduating from Jesse H. Jones High in 1964, I attended Stephen F. Austin State College (University) graduating in 1970. I then acquired a Masters in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio in 1973. I attended the University of South Florida in Tampa Florida, while the Recreation Superintendent for the City of Dunedin, I received a Masters in Urban Management in 1978. I then moved to southeast Texas where i was a City Manager for a while. I then moved to Fort Worth and worked for five years as the City's Downtown Planner. I took a position with Downtown Fort Worth Inc. in 1984 where I have worked for 30 years. I am the Vice President of that corporation. During that time i created the first Downtown Special Improvement District in the State of Texas. I also attended the University of Texas in Arlington where i received a Masters in History in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Transatlantic History in 2009. While working for DFWI I have als...Expand for more
o taught courses in Philosophy, Texas History and U.S. History at the local community college.
I am married to Kathleen, a native of Fort Worth, who I met at UTA where she was working on her MSW, After courting for five years we have been maried for 28 years. We hvae three cats and a Lab, live on the north shore of Eagle Mountain Lake, and have no children. She plays the guitar and is a published poet, I pound the upright bass upon occasion.
I have been a sailer most of my life and have recently sailed the Texas 200 in my 21 foot Sea Pearl cat ketch sailboat, Dancer. My position with DFWI has afforded me the opportunity to visit most of the major cities in the United States and Canada, as well as London. I have toured Europe and the UK extensively during five trips ranging from 2 weeks to 6 months in which i have visited 25 countries. I have also studied in Ghana Africa for a month on a Fellowship from the UTA's Africa Program. Life has been good.
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