Galveston County Daily News, June 9, 2008 Roger W. Stone, 53, logistics program manager at UTMB, died as the result of the sinking of a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. Stone was a safety officer serving with a crew comprised of students from Texas A&M University at Galveston. Stone leaves behind his wife, Linda, a daughter, 12, and a son, 14, who live in the Clear Lake area. "He was a hero," son Eric Stone said on a sailing blog. "He did his job as safety officer. He got those kids off the boat. He's in a better place now."