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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T22:35:38Z</created-at>
  <description>&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #383838; font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;span class="916290519-28032008"&gt;&lt;font size="2" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Rogers, AR - Matt Crafton, P.E. LEED&amp;reg; AP, chief operating officer  at Crafton Tull Sparks, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the United States  Air Force Reserves. Crafton is a 1986 graduate of Rogers High School and  graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a bachelor of science in civil  engineering and the University of Texas with a master of science in engineering.  His professional military education includes the U.S. Air Force Squadron  Officers School and the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;At the ceremony, remarks were made by the Honorable John Boozman,  United States Congressman, and Colonel Steve Womack, who is also the Mayor of  Rogers, presided. The event was held at Rogers City Hall. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;Crafton&amp;rsquo;s eight years as an active duty Air Force officer included  engineering assignments at Eaker AFB, Arkansas; Hurlburt Filed, Florida, and  Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia. He currently serves as  an Admission Liaison Officer to the U.S. Air Force Academy, evaluating and  counseling candidates who are seeking admission to the Academy and works with  the Arkansas 3rd Congressional District office to recommend candidates for  nomination. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;Crafton has been a member of Crafton Tull Sparks for 10 years. He  is an active member of the American Council of Engineering companies and serves  as the vice president of the Arkansas board. In 2002 he was named young Engineer  of the Year by the Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers and has served as  chapter president. In 2000 he was named to Northwest Arkansas Business Journal&amp;rsquo;s  40 Under 40 list. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Crafton Tull Sparks has 320 employees with offices in Conway, AR, Little  Rock, AR, Oklahoma City, OK, Rogers, AR, Russellville, AR, Tulsa, OK and  Wichita, KS. Founded in 1963, they provide architectural, engineering, interior  design, landscape architecture and surveying services across the  nation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #383838; font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;span class="916290519-28032008"&gt;&lt;font size="2" color="#000000"&gt;Shelley Bowersock, Manager  Marketing/PR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #383838; font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;span class="916290519-28032008"&gt;&lt;font size="2" color="#000000"&gt;Crafton Tull  Sparks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #383838; font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;span class="916290519-28032008"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(918)588-4026&lt;/font&gt; /  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com" title="mailto:shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com blocked::mailto:shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="../../../assets/0000/0869/Matt_Crafton_Air_Force_Promotion.pdf"&gt;View press release.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <published-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T22:39:33Z</published-at>
  <sub-title>Matt Crafton Serves U.S. Air Force Reserves</sub-title>
  <title>Local Engineer Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T22:39:33Z</updated-at>
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