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30 years of Employment at UT Southwestern

Two women from the rural community of Karnack on the banks of Caddo Lake in East Texas are known to multitudes. One is Lady Bird Johnson – the former first lady known for beautifying roadsides with wildflowers. The other is Coltee Mason – a Transporter at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital who is celebrating four decades of improving the atmosphere for patients at UT Southwestern.

30 years of Employment at UT Southwestern

30 years of Employment at UT Southwestern

30 years of Employment at UT Southwestern

30 years of Employment at UT Southwestern

30 years of Employment at UT Southwestern

After 35 years at UT System institutions – including over 26 years at UT Southwestern – Andrea Gonzales says the friendships she has developed and the challenges of her jobs have been the most rewarding.

Each morning, Jenny Bufkin heads to UT Southwestern from her home in Waxahachie, a commute she has been making for 35 years now. When she started her job in 1983, Ms. Bufkin thought she’d only do it for a couple years and move on to work somewhere closer to home.

Pattina Traylor has graced the campus of UT Southwestern with her smile for 35 years. As a Unit Secretary in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), that beam is a much-needed warm welcome for the parents – and babies - who arrive to a Unit constantly flowing with big triumphs and hurdles for tiny warriors.