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Mac McClenathan, aka Mackey Roberts

Biltmore Who’s Who Selects Mac McClenathan, aka Mackey Roberts as this week’s Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2011.

Singer Mackey Roberts recently released his very first solo country album this past July through his own indie label, Mackey Roberts Music.

The record was collaborated at the renowned Art House in Nashville and is titled “Tell Me That’s Not Country.”  Currently planning a west coast tour for early 2012, Roberts will be hosting a local CD release party this coming January.

“You have to be able to take constant rejection, continue to press through and make the next call,” Roberts said about his budding singing career.  “You also have to be able to connect with people and command on stage or in a presentation.  It’s been a great gig to help me grow and I’m grateful to have been given the opportunity.”

Roberts got his feet wet when he was just seventeen, recording a cover album.  When he turned eighteen, he started developing his writing skills and recorded an EP of original music under the name Mackey McClenathan, which can still be found on iTunes.  Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Roberts was the child of parents who both sang and toured with a gospel group.

When Roberts isn’t in the studio, he works full-time in telecommunications as an indirect channel manager.

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Mac McClenathan, aka Mackey Roberts
Posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, November 18, 2011

Patsy Whitecotton

Biltmore Who’s Who Selects Patsy Whitecotton as this week’s Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2011.

Patsy Whitecotton, Actress, Model and Business Woman for LA Casting, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Patsy Whitecotton’s commitment to excellence in Media and Entertainment

Whitecotton, who studied at Patricia Steven’s Career College, began her career in show business in 1962 as a model and actress in Chicago for Patricia Steven’s Agency.  From there she was photographed in the Chicago’s Tribune’s Sunday magazine, numerous catalogs and magazines, which also led to numerous beauty contests where she was most notably Miss Illinois for Miss World.  She served as a spokesperson for numerous organizations, spent time acting on the soap opera General Hospital from 1983-86, did numerous television commercials, did show room modeling and runway.  She was also employed by Merv Griffin Productions as a run-through actress at one time and has represented such organizations like L’Oreal, General Electric and Sugar Twin.

In addition to her very publicized life, Whitecotton was once a flight attendant for United Airlines, spent time as a fashion assistant, interior designer, was a columnist for Discus Magazine and also did freelance writing for the National Enquirer and The Globe.  She has authored recipes which have been published in numerous cookbooks.

Having spent many years in the spotlight, Whitecotton has volunteered and participated in numerous celebrity sporting events for charity.  She is the recipient of a celebrity ribbon and medal for a 5K run for the Special Olympics.  Whitecotton has also won many awards, dating back to 1954, including being named General Electric Spokes Beauty and Miss New York City for Miss Hemisphere, received a Southern California Motion Picture Acting Award, a Certificate of Cultural Achievement for Acting, a Children’s Hospital of Orange County Service Award, was named to Soap Opera’s Greatest Stars and to the BHS District 87 Hall of Fame, and many, many others.

Whitecotton is one of nine siblings.  She is considered an amateur entomologist, genealogist and gemologist.  She was a partner and interior design consultant for a five-state textile firm and also did public relations and marketing for several companies during her professional career.  She also owned and managed an avocado farm in Temecula, California and was a partner in Best Friend’s Jewelry in Long beach. She attended United Airlines Flight School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the American Film Institute, the LA Film Actors Lab and took courses at UCLA offered by the Gemological Institute of America.  She is fascinated by history and enjoys spending her days growing and cooking organic foods, helping and tending to animal rescue, sewing, quilting, boating, motor home travel and collecting and restoring classic cars.  Patsy has volunteered and participated in many charitably organizations, including the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Long Beach Civil Light Opera, Vietnam Veterans and Girl Scouts of America, to name a few.

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Patsy Whitecotton
Posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, November 11, 2011

David Paton

David Paton, Professor Emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes David Paton’s commitment to excellence in Healthcare and Education.

Dr. Paton, a retired academic professor of ophthalmology, is a graduate of Princeton University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  He is best known as founder of Project ORBIS, a DC-10 aircraft reconditioned inside to serve as a proficient of eye care to assist eye doctors in eighty-eight developing nations thus far.

Along the way, however, Dr. Paton tells of challenging circumstances such as becoming a physician despite dyslexia; confronting arrogance (his pet peeve) in members of non-profit boards and being relieved of his work with ORBIS by dint of overpowering ambition on the part of a former friend.

The memoir is often uproarious, frequently exciting, grippingly sad, yet always interesting, and consistently written in a style that keeps the reader’s attention even if she or he is not medically inclined.  Dr. Paton’s international travels are unique adventures, possibly the most memorable segments of the memoir.  This is his first non-medical book, but it has received five stars by many reviewers.

Dr. Paton was the first physician to receive The Citizens Medal (President Reagan) and he also has been decorated with the French Legion of Honor (President Mitterand).  He has received two honorary degrees for his work creating and serving as medical director of ORBIS.

For more information on Dr. Paton’s book, visit http://www.secondsightbook.com/.  You can also visit createspace.com, amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com to purchase a copy.

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David Paton
Posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, November 4, 2011