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Show FORMER RESIDENT GAINS MASTERS Acel Kent Thacker, former Vernal resident and son of Dale and Marilyn Thacker, recently completed graduation exercises and received a Master Degree in Management and Supervision from Central Michigan University. The Masters Degree has an area of concentration con-centration in Health Care Administration. Mr. Thacker is presently the area manager and chemistry supervisor in the pathology lab at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Also during September, Mr. Thacker was notified that he had been selected by the United States Jaycees as an Outstanding Out-standing Young Man in America for 1981. This selection is based on the individual's voluntary service to his community, professional leadership, academic achievement, business and cultural accomplishments, as well as civic and political participation. Mr. Thacker has been involved in various positions with the Boy Scouts for 15 years, he is presently the advisor of the Order of the Arrow in the Bountiful area as well as serving as a Scoutmaster Scout-master for the past seven years. Mr. Thacker is also involved in several professional organizations in connection con-nection with his profession of medical technologist. Mr. Thacker lives in Woods Cross with his wife, the former Pamela Angus, and their four children. |