Randall Thomas:  

Life I met my wife Diane Working for The Associates as a branch Manager in Jacksonville Florida. She was one of my employees back in 1979. My Kids Both very talented. Jennifer is my oldest daughter (27). She graduated from the University of Houston Magna Cum Laude in 2009. She was majoring in Music Performance, having previously played for the Dallas Youth Symphony Orchestra and Texas All State Band. She changed her major to International Business. She speaks fluent Spanish and is now learning Italian. She Has been on the Dean's list every semester and still plays trumpet in 3 ensembles and an orchestra. Jen also marches all summer for the past 5 years with the Bluecoats, a professional Drum and Bugle Corps out of Canton, Ohio. Jen worked as a waitress and bartender all through college. When she graduated she got a corporate job but didn't like it. So, she decided to get back in the food & beverage business. She is now a manager with Pappasito's, a Texas restaurant chain. Jessie is 25 and graduated in 2010 from the Univ. of Texas at Arlington. She was also an all "A" student and on a professional winter guard team - Ars Nova. Jessie now works at Nationstar Mortgage. She started with them right out of college in customer service and has worked her way up to be a department manager in their servicing division. My Job I am a retired Senior V.P. with the Associates Corp.- 22 years. (CitiGroup) Currently I am an Executive Vice President at Omni American Bank. Previously, I was a Division Manager with Wachovia and prior to that President and COO of Progistics Technology. ! School Looking back I realize that I was immature compared to most of my other classmates in '73. I was 16 as a senior and most others, like my best friend Bill Hicks, were 18. As a result, I definitely was not on the "in crowd" but leaned more toward the "geek" side of the class. However, I ...Expand for more