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Governor Greg Abbott appointed William "Will" Pate, DrPH, CHP, of League City, Texas, to the Texas Radiation Advisory Board. Dr. Pate is the radiation safety officer (RSO) for the University of Texas (UT) Medical Branch at Galveston. He is secretary of the State of Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society (HPS) and previously served as president. He is a professional member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineers, a member of the HPS and the NFPA Laser Fire Protection Technical Committee, and a plenary member of the American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP). Additionally, he is vice chair of the UT System Radiation Safety Advisory Group and a member of the Laser Subcommittee of the American National Standards Institute. He is a certified health physicist and a licensed medical physicist specializing in medical health physics. Pate received a bachelor of science in biology from UT San Antonio, a doctor of public health in environmental and occupational health from UT Health Science Center at Houston, and a master of business administration from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Pate will serve on the Radiation Advisory Board until April 2023.

Governor Greg Abbott reappointed John P. Hageman, MS, CHP of San Antonio, Texas. Hageman is a radiation safety consultant for Southwest Research Institute and served as the institute's RSO for 20 years. He is a member of the AAHP and is a past treasurer and fellow of the HPS. Additionally, he is the treasurer of the Bexar County Local Emergency Planning Committee. Hageman received a bachelor of science in physics from UT Arlington and a master of science in radiological health from UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Hageman has served as the president of the South Texas Chapter of the HPS, now the State of Texas Chapter, and is editor of The Billet, chapter's newsletter. John has served on the Radiation Advisory Board since 2008 and is the board's chairman; his term will expire in April 2023.