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Question of the Day In this Aug. 9, 2014 photo, Paul Alexander uses a plastic stick with a pencil tied to it to type on a keyboard using only his mouth while in his iron lung at his home in Dallas. Alexander is one . more > By SHELLY CONLON - Associated Press - Sunday, August 24, 2014 DALLAS (AP) - As a tow-headed 6-year-old, Paul Alexander took apart everything, including his mother’s blender, simply to understand how it worked. His father would be close behind, putting the pieces back together. Alexander didn’t know at that time there would be a day he wouldn’t be able to take things apart, wouldn’t be able to run around in the mud, or do other rambunctious activities the average 6-year-old could do. Paralytic polio would place him in an iron lung, a machine that forces air into his lungs with hel
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Cliff Boyd, a former mayor and city councilman of Duncanville, has been sworn in to represent District 5 on the Dallas College Board of Trustees. Diana Flores, re-elected to the District 6 seat, was also sworn in at a special board meeting held Dec. 15.
A longtime public servant and local businessman, Boyd defeated Wesley Jameson for a six year term during the special runoff election in December. He has served as chairman of the Parkland Health and Hospital System, and spent 13 years with the Department of Defense overseeing internal audits.
The former chair of the Best Southwest partnership, Boyd is a charter member and past president of the Duncanville Rotary Club. He served as Chairman of the Duncanville Chamber of Commerce. Boyd received an undergraduate degree from Temple Junior College and holds advanced degrees from Baylor and Auburn.