In December of 2017, we lost a pioneer in the development of laboratory and pathology medicine in West Texas. Dr. B.B. Trotter died at the age of 89 after a brief illness. He was born in 1928 in Denton, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Galveston. His educational forays included a stint in the Navy in cybersecurity, a brief experience as tackle for North Texas University (the other players - mature veterans of World War II were way too formidable!), and res