in his business. The third one was Tommy Moore, who
inspired Dr. Cate to learn and develop the skills and
mindset needed to build a successful business within his
community. His professional and community involvement
includes national, regional and local veterinary medical
associations as well as the Veterinary Emergency and Criti-
cal Care Society, the Sheriff’s Posse, the American Quarter
Horse and Paint Horse Associations and Meals on Wheels,
just to name a few.
Dr. Cate doesn’t have time to read books that don’t
further his knowledge of his profession and has one wish
about practicing vet medicine. “I wish financial barri-
ers didn’t exist; it would allow us the freedom to use our
knowledge and skills we have acquired to help every
single patient,” he shared. He dreams of opening an
animal science and agriculture school teaching animal
husbandry and health care in Grenada. Dr. Cate previ-
ously was a faculty member at St. George’s University
College of Veterinary Medicine in Grenada. His dedica-
tion to his practice and his patients was obvious when he
shared what he would title his autobiography: “Motivated.
Dedicated. Compassionate…”
He describes Parker County vet Dr. Noel Bryan as a
living legend that molded today’s veterinarians. “He gave
us a standard for which we strive for — to be the best and
give back to our community. I have used his legacy to
help guide my own business, always striving to be a fami-
ly owned business that focuses on serving the community
around us,” said Dr. Cate.
Earl King Legal Genius Award
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Matthew Towson and Ryan Towson
Drew Springer, Marsha Brown with Matthew Towson and Ryan Towson
college, Ryan followed another career path, one that was also forged by
his grandfather.
“I went into the military,” Ryan said. He became a Logistics
Operations Manager for the U.S. Army.
His way of giving back to his community was to serve in the military.
Matt went into marketing and worked for a computer software
company. His job involved a great deal of business travel, something
that was less glamourous after he met Angela, the love of his life. They
ur Earl King Legal Genius Award goes
to actually two honorees. This is a
first for WGFTS, but PCT’s committee was
impressed by the Towson brothers and the
history they both have for helping others,
very much like their esteemed grandfather
for whom the award was named.
They started law school together in
August of 2016 and they graduated law
school together in December of 2018, they
then took the bar exam together in February
of 2019.
We’d like to tell you they passed the bar
together, but the jury is still out on that one.
They’ll have their test results the same
week this magazine hits the news stands.
“We didn’t really plan it that way,” Matt
said.
When asked what their inspiration was
to become attorneys, both Ryan and Matt
gave the same answer. “My grandfather,”
they both said. The grandfather they referred
to is Earl King. Interestingly enough, howev-
er, was the fact that they gave different
reasons about what about their grandfather’s
career inspired them to become lawyers.
“I had always been intrigued by the legal
profession and how much good that attor-
neys did for people,” Ryan said. Matthew
gave a somewhat different answer. He said,
“Growing up, it was hard to go to lunch
with my father (now District Judge Craig
Towson), uncle (Phil King) or my grandfa-
ther (Earl King) without someone coming up
to them and thanking them for helping them
with a legal issue,” Matt said. “That was
pretty impressive. I wanted to help people
the way they did.”
But once the brothers were out of
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