Although Valerie’s family’s roots were in north Pembrokeshire at the iconic Melin Trefin corn mill by the sea, Valerie was born in Abercynon, a mining town in south Wales, the daughter of Gwenddydd and Albert Mathews, a bank clerk.After leaving Mountain Ash County School with a state scholarship she graduated in medicine in 1953 at the Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff (now subsumed into Cardiff University). Soon she embarked on specialist training in psychiatry at Leicester and Middlesborough and obtained …
Don Williams is a sportswriter at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, where he has covered Texas Tech football since 1986. His extensive experience includes reporting on a variety of sports, such as baseball, basketball, and mixed martial arts, reflecting his deep engagement with both individual and team sports. Don's work has been featured in prominent publications including Yahoo News, USA TODAY, and the Amarillo Globe-News.










