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Longtime Lanier Tech emergency medical program director retires
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Sam Stone sits in an ambulance simulator at Lanier Technical College in 2017. Stone was program director of paramedicine at the college and spent 34 years training paramedics, EMTs and other medical professionals in Gainesville. - photo by Nick Bowman
With generations of medical personnel molded in his classrooms, Sam Stone taught until his retirement day. “It’s kind of like pulling all the parts together, so when they graduate, they are a complete package,” Stone said of his passion for teaching. “I guess it’s personally rewarding to see them go from one level to the next level, and once they graduate, then they’re able to really make a difference out there, make a difference in people’s lives.”