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Melvin Curtis Russell
1937 — 2024
Mel Russell was born on January 11, 1937, to Lewis and Ethel Russell in San Antonio, Texas. He went to his heavenly home on October 10, 2024. Mel graduated from Burbank High School in San Antonio, Class of 1954 and attended Howard Payne University on a music scholarship (band drum major). He received his Master of Science in Marine Biology, from Texas A&M University. He worked as a biomedical research assistant with Southwest Research Foundation in San Antonio. He was a high school teacher at Jefferson High School, San Antonio and then at Clear Lake High School, Clear Lake. Mel also was the first Galveston County Marine Extension Agent, and then finished his career as the Outreach...