Linda Rios Bromley (click on name to read entire article) at the Shumla School. Linda Rios Bromley, a Del Rio native and Houston resident, never saw the Harrington Ranch north of the Pecos River, nor the Shumla School where her parents are being honored, until she received a long-anticipated hug of instant friendship from the school’s founder, Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Wednesday (April 11).
Bromley, author married to Houston attorney Bill Bromley, keeps abreast of cultural changes in her hometown, as evidenced by her recent election to the board of directors of the Laughlin Heritage Foundation. But the news (delivered by LIVE! in January) that the Houston-based Albert and Ethel Herzstein Foundation had donated $100,000 to Shumla School, in the name of her parents, Bill and Nina Merle Rios, brought tears to Bromley’s eyes.
In like fashion, Boyd had never heard of the Rios family until Michael Hajtman, president of the Herzstein Foundation, contacted her saying (paraphrased) “O.K., here’s your check for a hundred grand, but we want the new housing it will pay for named for Bill and Nina Merle Rios.” Since the connection story broke, January 6, 2007, the two women – Boyd and Bromley – have conversed by phone, joyfully planning the meeting on the campus, two weeks ago.
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