Jim Atkinson
- Author, The Soldiers’ Chronology (New York: Garland, 1993)
- Director of personnel and labor relations (retired), Colgate-Palmolive
- Consultant, behavioral assessment of candidates for eight North Texas police departments
- Charter Mediator, Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas
- District Chairman, Boy Scouts of America, Longhorn Council
- Advisory Board, Salvation Army, Adult Rehabilitation
- Founding Sponsor, National Museum United States Army
- Company of Military Historians; the Infantry Association
- Tarrant County Archeological Society; Historic Fort Worth; Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association board of directors; TCU Foundation
- Texas Christian University: graduate, business and labor law
Judy Wood
- Writer-Editor, Sole Proprietorship; long-term clients nationwide
- Association for Contract Textiles (ACT); Disney Direct; Community Coffee Company; HARTMARX; MARS, Inc.; Neiman Marcus; Pier 1, Inc.; Select Comfort Corporation
- Awards: Bronze ECHO, Direct Marketing Association; Financial World Magazine; TOPS of Southwest Gold; ADDY Gold and Best of Show; Silver Quill, International Association of Business Communicators
- Literary analyses: published in Denver Quarterly and Notes on Mississippi Writers
- Freelance editing/proofing team, Harcourt Brace College Publishers
- Past President, League of Women Voters of Tarrant County
- Texas Christian University (graduate studies); Queens University of Charlotte (BA, literature/composition); teacher certification (upper levels) in three states