July 15,2010

Greetings to all BTWHS Alumni:

I am honored to address you as your National President for the year 2010 – 2012 term.

I greatly appreciate this opportunity to share a portion of my biography with you to give you all a little insight as to who I am .

I was born in Garland, Arkansas, the 16^th child of the late William T. and Luerene Townsel. I graduated from BTWHS class of 1963. I attended Detroit Business College in Detroit, MI where I studied Stenography and court reporting. I was introduced to Histopathology/Histo-chemistry at St. Michael’s Hospital in Texarkana, Arkansas. I continued my studies in Histopathology at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit Michigan. I attended the Providence Hospital School of Histopathology,a subsidiary of Wayne State University in, Southfield, MI. I received my (HTASCP) Board Certification with the American Society of Clinical Pathology in 1968. I retired after 42 years of dedicated work in my field. During my 42 years of service I had the pleasure of owning and operating the Cyto-Histopathology service laboratory of La Puente, CA. and the Mt. Tabor Cyto- histopathologicDiagnostic Health Awareness Center of Los Angeles Ca.

I have been married to my wife Gloria for 48 years. We have three children , Donald , Timothy James and Sharon, all of Southern California.

I am a member of the United In Christ Baptist Church of Apple Valley, Ca. where I serve as deacon and musician.

I give high praise to the members of the BTWHS Alumni Texarkana chapter for the outstanding job you did in hosting the reunion July 15^th – 18^th ,2010.

Our Alumni organizational structure is sound and strong enough to address the challenges facing us. I agree with previous National Presidents that our top priority is to address our decreasing membership. I welcome your input and ideas to increase and stabilize our membership. We have a great legacy and we are standing on the backs of those who so proudly carried the torch before us.

I am working closely with the local chapter Presidents to meet the challenges before us and to maintain this legacy.I have met with the National Officers and members of the Executive Committee and we are dedicated to moving our Alumni forward.I am honored that you have trusted me to serve as your President .I put my trust in God that He will guide our Alumni in the right direction. I look forward to working with all of you.

Sincerely,

Timothy Townsel

(760)241-6968

timdean1@verizon.net