Harold "Hal" Monk (’64 M.B.A.), Hurst. A fan of aviation, he piloted his first solo flight as a young teen. At age 15, he left high school and, with forged enlistment documents, joined the military to fight in World War II. As a U.S. Air Force member, he worked on the crew of a Fairchild C-82 packet cargo plane. Following his service, he worked as a disc jockey at a radio station in Bryan, Texas, and as a journalist for the Bryan Daily Eagle, Austin American Statesman and Jackson State Times in Mississippi. Later, he became a private investigator in Fort Worth and an attorney who worked on several high-profile cases, including the defense of Jack Ruby and exhumation of Lee Harvey Oswald. He also served as an administrative law judge for the Texas Merit System Council and executive assistant to the Texas Attorney General. In 2011, Hal received the H.G. Wells Award, the highest honor presented by the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association to a practicing attorney.