
J’Nell Laverne Pate, PhD
1938 Born to Vernon Leon Rogers and Berta May (Riggs) Rogers in Jacksboro, Texas. 1960 Earns a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Tex Christian

1938 Born to Vernon Leon Rogers and Berta May (Riggs) Rogers in Jacksboro, Texas. 1960 Earns a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Tex Christian

1951 Born in Sikeston, Missouri, to William Alton and Billie Sue McCann. 1974 Becomes the music and youth director of the First Baptist Church in

1947 Born to George David Eppright and Alice Victoria Wood in San Antonio, Texas. 1969 Earns a Bachelor of Science from Texas Woman’s University in

2004 Becomes a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at the South Florida Heart and Lung Institute. 2006 Appointed chief and chairman of the Department of Cardiac