It was just an ordinary, intense lab class followed by a special
speaker, or so thought anatomy student Bill Holman as he dissected a sheep’s
heart with dozens of fellow students on Feb. 4. Little did he suspect that the
‘cardiologist’ guest speaker would be someone dear to his own heart.
Amid a class of 30 buzzing students, Bill turned around as Professor
Bruce Maring announced the speaker as “Heather.” He stopped, stunned for a
second, as his daughter, Heather Holman, 21, specialist/combat medic, entered
the room. They hugged for long seconds as the class collectively froze, gasped
and clapped over the surprise reunion of father-daughter. 
Conspiring
with Maria Cuccinello, Bill’s fiancée, Heather arranged the surprise when she
found out she had an early return from a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan - her
first in-country tour. Heather, stationed in Fort Drum, NY, has been in the army
for just over two years and plans on making it a 20-year career.
Bill, planning to switch careers and become a nurse, said, “I’m so
proud of her and what she’s doing with her life; but it’s just great to have her
home again.”
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