<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/michael-player.html" dsn="news"><item_date>10/28/2009 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>Michael</firstname><middlename>Scott</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Player</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'82,</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed>'38 M.S.</degree-program-completed><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Michael Player</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      Michael Scott Player (’82, ’83 M.S.), Liberty City. He was president of the Student Association at North Texas in 1981-82 and a member of the nationally ranked debate team. He worked in the sports information office while doing his graduate work and went on to earn a juris doctor from Oklahoma City University. After working as vice president of litigation support for a construction consulting firm in Tyler and Savannah, Ga., he returned to Texas in 1996, opening a private law practice. He served as justice of the peace for Gregg County and led efforts to establish a local truancy court. He most recently served as senior vice president for The Player Group, which specializes in leading-edge financial management practices.
    

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