About the Author:
Thomas LeRoy Townsend II is a former member of the Louisiana Army National Guard, Company A, 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Division and a former U.S. Navy Trident 1 Backfit Missile Technician having served aboard the submarine USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633 Gold Crew). A life member of Sigma Tau Delta, he is a published poet, amateur inventor and author. His works include E-portfolios: Uniting The Undergraduate Career, think pieces such as “Our Elderly Concerns” and he worked briefly as the author of the Hall Summit News, in the Coushatta Citizen Newspaper, Coushatta, Louisiana. “My Shining Rose,” “Perceptions” and other of his works have been published in the Argus magazine. Examples of his poetry have been contributed to the U.S. Army and Navy poetry collections. Information, systems and technology he has come up with are on file through Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Jim McCrery’s offices, as well as with the Department of Transportation; Department of Defense, US Army—Tank Automotive and Armaments Command; Department of Homeland Security; and the Atomic Energy Commission among others. Many of these items are featured among those mentioned in this story. He and his wife Hollie E. Townsend are also former Walt Disney World cast members and WDW College Program Alumni earning Ducktorate Degrees while he (by approval) submitted multiple proposals to Disney; thirty-seven in all, for new products, attractions and a whole new wedding pavilion. He currently lives in Atlanta, Texas with Hollie; the love of his life, where they continue to seek work in the movies such as in their previous roles in films like Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (formerly the Better Man,) Major Movie Star with Jessica Simpson, and Butter with Ty Burrell and Jennifer Garner. Both Thomas and Hollie Townsend continue to write.
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