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calculated what his retirement would be if he stayed in the Texas Rangers, and he showed that fgure to Tom Brown. Brown said, “I’ll give that to you in stock options. Now what else do you want?” So, Mitchell left his beloved Rangers and began a 24-year career working for Tom Brown as his director of corporate security. Mitchell credits his current

employment to the experience he gained working as a Texas Ranger and later in the corporate world. Today, he owns a private investigation and consulting frm in Midland. His frm, Ranger Professional Services, Inc., specializes in civil and criminal corporate investigation. Mitchell is usually contracted by insurance companies to perform investigations in defense of their corporate clients. Part of his success in investigating the truth for his clients is due to his uncanny ability to relate to people from all walks of life— whether it is the oilfeld roughneck or the company CEO. Mitchell explains, “I talk to people, investigate, fnd out the truth and develop the necessary evidence—right, wrong or indifferent.” Mitchell also still maintains a close association with the Texas Rangers. He has served as president of the Former Texas Ranger Association and is working with his fellow former Rangers to establish a Texas Ranger Education and Heritage Center in Fredericksburg. This purpose of the Center will be to provide information and educational materials about the history of the Texas Rangers from its establishment by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 to the present. It is apparent that Al Mitchell takes pride in the Ranger tradition, in his Llano Estacado heritage and in his family. He and his wife Ellen have been married for 48 years. Mitchell says, “Behind every good Ranger, there’s a good woman.” They have two grown children, who also live in the Permian Basin, and six granddaughters. Mitchell