Brian terry biography

Bryan Terry (born October 27, 1968) is an American doctor and politician from the state of Tennessee.
Agent Terry was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the United States Border Patrol for 3 1/2 years.
Agent Terry, a native of Flat Rock, Michigan, entered on duty as a member of the 699th Session of the Border Patrol Academy on July 23, 2007.

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Bryan Terry

American politician

Bryan Terry (born October 27, 1968) is an American doctor and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican, he has represented the 48th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, based in eastern Murfreesboro, since 2015.^[1]^[2] He is the only Native American serving in the chamber.

Early life

Terry was born in Oklahoma, where he went into his family's auto salvage business. After attending the University of Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Terry worked as a doctor in both Oklahoma and Tennessee, including caring for victims of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.^[3]

Career

In 2014, Joe Carr, representative for the 48th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, announced he would challenge Senator Lamar Alexander in the Republicanprimary for U.S. Senate. Despite being outspent, Terry won a highly contested primary to succeed Carr, earning 34% of the vote to his two opponents' 33%.^[4]^[5] Terry went on to win the general ele

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United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry died on December 15, 2010, at the age of forty.

Brian Terry was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan, on August 11, 1970 to Josephine and Kent Terry. At the age of six, Brian and his family moved to Flat Rock, Michigan.

Brian was known by classmates for his sense of humor and his willingness to help others. He ran cross country in high school.

Growing up, Brian had a love for law enforcement. He would visit his Uncle Bob, a police officer in Lincoln Park, Michigan, who would give Brian tours of the police station.

After high school, Brian enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After boot camp in Camp Pendleton, California, he spent most of his four year tour of duty in Naples, Italy. Brian then returned to Michigan and earned an associate degree in criminal justice from Henry Ford Community College. Brian began his law enforcement career in 1998 with the Ecorse Police Department. After two years, he transferred to the Lincoln Park Police Department.

Although he was a decorated police officer, Brian decided to appl

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Bryant Terry

Bryant Terry (born January 24, 1974) is an African-Americanvegan chef, food justice activist, and author. He has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating. He won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food justice work. In 2021 he was awarded an NAACP Image Award for his book Vegetable Kingdom, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

Early life and education

Terry's parents are Beatrice Terry, a neonatal nurse, and Booker Terry, an environmental protection specialist.^[3]

Terry grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.^[4] He attended Xavier University of Louisiana, graduating with a degree in English. He then moved to New York City to attend graduate school at New York University, where he earned an M.A. in history.^[3] While at NYU, after hearing a hip-hop song about factory farming, he switched to a plant-based diet and started reading about early efforts to address food injustice.^[5] He then enrolled in the chef's training program at the Natural Gourmet Insti