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1920s
Hazel
Rice Malone ('27)
William Hubert Brock ('28)
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1930s
Ruby
M. Spencer ('30)
Lee Edwin Simpson ('32, '38
M.Ed.)
Leslie L. Browning ('33)
W.
Lamar Fly ('33)
Mary Winifred Allen Goldston ('33)
Manuel 'Mister Mac' McCarroll ('33
B.A., '41 M.S.)
Lillian Wade Cromwell ('35)
Louis Bentley Jones ('36, '40 M.S.)
Frances Elizabeth Norton ('36, '55
M.Ed.)
Mary Wanda Harp ('37)
Theatus Johnston LeMay ('37)
Sidney 'Sid' E. Pass ('38)
Viola Leona Matthews Peterson ('39, '58
M.Ed.)
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1940s
Mamie
George Couger Beaver ('40 M.S.)
Lawrence D. McCallum ('40)
Alice Ross Scogin ('40)
Princess Ruth Martin ('41, '42
M.A.)
Ellen Ruth Colwell Nussbaum ('41)
Edwin H. Patterson ('41)
Eugene B. Wilshire ('41)
Dorris
C.G. Blancheri ('42)
William C. 'Bill' Bass ('43)
Pearl Ebensberger ('43)
Florine Cox Forbes ('44)
Lillie Mae Shaunfield ('45)
Wilson E. Blurton ('47, '51
M.Ed.)
Letha Fern Tunnell Hearn ('47, '51
M.Ed.)
Aubrey A. Jacobs Jr. ('47)
Glen W. Chapman ('48)
Charles Lee Hill ('48 M.M.)
Henry William Johnson ('48)
Raoul Richardson ('48)
William Harry Spidell ('48, '50
M.S.)
John Arett McMichen ('49 M.S.)
Frances King Monk ('49)
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1950s
Robert
Lee Allen ('50)
James A. Henderson ('50)
ElWanda Nall ('50)
Arlene R. Shipp ('50)
Gerald Raymond Stockard ('50)
William 'Bill' Tucker Jr. ('50)
Kenneth D. Young ('50, '54 M.Ed.)
Jack A. Gray Jr. ('51, '55 M.A.)
Joe Don Little ('51 M.A.)
Carolyn Cawley Silvernale ('51, '52 M.A.)
Joe P. Wallace ('51)
Laura L. Kirk Anderson ('52)
George A. Benz ('53, '55 M.S.)
Charles Ray Daniel ('53)
Wesley David Spencer ('53)
Harlan Dan Vander Zee ('53)
Joe D. York ('53)
Daisy Alene Van Meter ('54)
James Ammon Petty ('55)
Ray Alvin Wright ('55 M.M.Ed.)
Homer Louis Beckham ('56)
Timothy R. O'Keefe ('56)
William A. 'Dub' Brown ('57)
William Lee Abbe ('57)
Billy D. Lackey ('58)
Pattye Watkins ('58, '65 M.Ed.)
Janice Joy Davis ('59)
Andrew D. Dierlam ('59)
Vodie Lee Jones Fulton ('59)
David Mobley ('59)
Grace Lealma Oliphant ('59)
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1960s
Larry Dean Allred ('60)
Evelyn W. Isbell ('60, '75 M.Ed.)
Ramon H. Tanguma ('60)
Jimmy Don Freeman ('61, '66 M.Ed.)
Donald Garland Lynch ('61)
Huey Eddie 'Ed' McBride ('61, '66
M.Ed.)
Cecilia 'Cela' Blakely Merritt ('61)
Paul W. Renick ('61)
Haskell L. 'Skip' Spillers Jr. ('61)
Neoma Pippen Arney ('62)
William M. Green ('62, '66 M.Ed.)
Barbara J. McKeown Lombardi ('62, '70 M.Ed.)
Don Pugh ('62)
William 'Bill' F. Roberg ('62 M.S.)
Thomas H. Watkins ('62 M.S.)
Carole Joe Machart ('63)
J.B. Stuart ('63)
Callie Wynne Bragg ('65 M.Ed.)
Bill D. Neal ('65)
Edward B. Turner ('65)
William Mikel Williams ('65)
Dave Kenton Jackson ('66)
Jeanne Cannon Leslie ('66)
Richard Russell 'Rusty' Harrison ('67)
Doyne McIver ('67 M.S.)
Tennie Criddle Chimney ('68 M.Ed.)
Paul Hodson Sanderson ('68)
Webb H. Holbert Jr. ('69)
Wilburn Ace O'Rear ('69)
Louise Ingold Swanteson ('69 M.L.S.)
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1970s
Kenneth
Ray Ard ('70, '76 M.Ed.)
Landy Loren Mulkey ('70)
Betty Louise Wright Beaty ('71 M.Ed.)
Deborah 'Debbie' Sue Jackson Cox ('71)
Ronald P. Anson ('72 M.M.)
Donald A. Aronofsky ('72)
Aaron Day Sr. ('72 M.S.)
Ronald C. Helvie Jr. ('72)
Michael D. Reesing ('72)
Nolan Allan Terrill ('72)
Edwin M. Wood Jr. ('72 M.B.A.)
Shery Ann Donaldson Gilbert ('73)
John Marshall Coppage ('74)
Judith Ann Metcalf ('74, '77 M.L.S.)
Travis Brooks Linn ('75)
Terry Smith Weathersby ('75)
Forrest
Ware Harlow Jr. ('76 Ph.D.)
Jerry Russell Swindell ('77)
Kenneth A. Klotz ('78 M.B.A.)
Patrick Dale McDaniel ('78 M.S.)
Dennis Keith Davis ('79)
Enoch Broyles ('79)
Robert W. Burns ('79)
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1980s
Lola Elizabeth Nixon ('80)
Jerry Baber ('81)
William Samuel Aston Jr. ('84 Ph.D.)
Betty June Stapleton ('84 M.Ed.)
Louis Haynes ('86)
Deric Doniv Marshall ('88)
Gregory 'Kalidas' A. Moring-Ryan ('88)
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1990s
Jennifer
Paige Lovette Bailey ('94)
Brian Lively ('96)
Timothy Robert Wiseman ('96 M.S.)
Nathan B. Carver ('97)
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University
Community
Jack A. Dobbs ('55)
Helen Ann Williams Hanicak ('60, '67
M.A., '76 Ph.D.)
A. Kathleen Helvenston ('50
M.S.)
Marguerite Jost
Rowe
Morgan Meador ('38, '51 M.B.A.)
Bob Nunley
Allen Laws Oliver III
Richard M. Owsley
Walton Henry Sharp
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1920s
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- Hazel
Rice Malone
('27), Denison. She was retired from Fant Milling and Munson
Realty, where she'd worked as a secretary.
- William
Hubert Brock
('28), Kerrville. He received his degree from North Texas
in chemistry.
1930s [
top ]
- Ruby
M. Spencer
('30), Leesburg. She was a teacher and had lived in
the Pittsburg area most of her life.
- Lee
Edwin Simpson
('32, '38 M.Ed.), Portland, Ore. He studied industrial
arts and physical education at North Texas.
- Leslie
L. Browning ('33),
Sanger. He coached in several high schools in Texas, including
Tomball, Saint Jo and Sanger. He served in the Air Force during
World War II as a staff sergeant.
- W.
Lamar Fly ('33),
Victoria. He was the first president of Hill Junior College
in Hillsboro and Kishwaukee College in Malta, Ill. He was also
a pilot, a writer and a public speaker.
- Mary
Winifred Allen Goldston ('33),
Corpus Christi. She studied chemistry at North Texas.
- Manuel ‘Mister
Mac' McCarroll ('33
B.A., '41 M.S.), Decatur. During World War II, he served
in the Army-Air Force Training Command. He later coached basketball
at Slidell and Decatur and was a principal and superintendent.
- Lillian
Wade Cromwell ('35),
Stamford. She helped organize the Hospital Auxiliary, known
as the Pink Ladies, in Stamford. She also helped organize a
Head Start Program there for preschool children.
- Louis
Bentley Jones ('36, '40
M.S.), Mesa, Ariz. He was a coach, teacher and elementary school
principal before enlisting in the Air Force in 1942. During
World War II, he was chief crypto officer in the Aleutian Islands
and later served in Belleville, Ill., and Kansas City, Mo.
- Frances
Elizabeth Norton
('36, '55 M.Ed.), Allen. She taught for 43 years,
first in Renner and then for the Allen ISD. Allen's Norton
Elementary School was named in her honor.
- Mary
Wanda Harp
('37), Luling. She was a home economics major at North
Texas.
- Theatus
Johnston LeMay
('37), Lewisville. She taught school for 38 years in
Coleman and Longworth, retiring in 1973. She moved to Lewisville
in 1990.
- Sidney ‘Sid' E.
Pass
('38), Abilene. He taught and was an administrator in
the Abilene ISD until his retirement in 1948. He then began
a second career in the insurance business.
- Viola
Leona Matthews Peterson
('39, '58 M.Ed.), Fort Worth. She was a third-grade
teacher for the Fort Worth ISD and also taught in the Roanoke
and Haslett districts before retiring after 33 years of service.
1940s [
top ]
- Mamie
George Couger Beaver
('40 M.S.), Mineral Wells. She was a longtime fourth-grade
schoolteacher in Azle.
- Lawrence
D. McCallum
('40), Bonham. He was retired from the Dallas regional
post office.
- Alice
Ross Scogin
('40), Houston. She worked as a chemist with Hughes Tool
Co. during World War II. She later served as a Republican precinct
chair and earned her real estate license.
- Princess
Ruth Martin
('41, '42 M.A.), Dallas. She taught English at
schools in the Dallas area. She also served as an educational
counselor for Darnall Associates.
- Ellen
Ruth Colwell Nussbaum
('41), Amarillo. She studied business administration
at North Texas.
- Edwin
H. Patterson
('41), Conroe. He earned his degree from North Texas
in music education.
- Eugene
B. Wilshire ('41),
Bonham. He majored in English at North Texas.
- Dorris
C.G. Blancheri ('42),
Pensacola, Fla. She taught mathematics at various levels for
25 years.
- William
C. ‘Bill' Bass
('43), Whitesboro. In the Navy during World War II, he
commanded a landing craft at the invasion of Normandy. In 1960,
he joined his father in opening Bass Department Store in Whitesboro
and later worked at stores in Gainesville.
- Pearl
Ebensberger
('43), Van Alstyne. She was a home economics major at North
Texas.
- Florine
Cox Forbes
('44), Amarillo. She taught school for 40 years and worked
for the Region 16 Educational Service Center until retiring in
1993.
- Lillie
Mae Shaunfield
('45), Monahans. She taught school in Perry, Doss Ranch
and Andrews and for 29 years in Denver City.
- Wilson
E. Blurton
('47, '51 M.Ed.), Sherman. He enlisted in the Army
Air Corps during World War II, serving in the Philippines and
New Guinea. He later taught, coached football and was a principal
and assistant principal in Midland.
- Letha
Fern Tunnell Hearn ('47, '51
M.Ed.), Fort Worth. She taught speech therapy before devoting
herself full time to raising her five children. She was a member
of the Tunnell Sisters Quartet and performed gospel music a
cappella throughout East Texas.
- Aubrey
A. Jacobs Jr. ('47),
Duncanville. He studied industrial arts education at North Texas.
- Glen
W. Chapman ('48),
Cypress. His major was general business at North Texas.
- Charles
Lee Hill ('48 M.M.), Houston. He served in
the Army during World War II. His 49 years as an educator
included positions as a high school band director, vocal
music director and librarian. He also composed and arranged
music for concert bands.
- Henry
William Johnson ('48), Nocona. He served in
the Army in the South Pacific during World War II. He was
a teacher and basketball coach at Spanish Fort and later
served as superintendent for Prairie Valley School and
for Montague County.
- Raoul
Richardson ('48), Dallas. He was a former partner
of B&R Tax Service.
- William
Harry Spidell ('48, '50
M.S.), Pearland. He received his degrees from North Texas in
mathematics.
- John
Arett McMichen ('49
M.S.), Cuero. He served in the Army and taught school for 37
years, serving as band director in Huntsville, Lampasas and
Kountze and teaching English in Cuero.
- Frances
King Monk ('49),
Port Neches. The mayor of Port Neches, she had served on the
city council since 1981. She worked as a classroom teacher and
library
media director for the Port Neches-Groves ISD for 32 years.
1950s [
top ]
- Robert
Lee Allen ('50),
Hot Springs, Ark. He earned his bachelor's degree in
political science from North Texas.
- James
A. Henderson ('50),
Abilene. He studied economics at North Texas.
- ElWanda
Nall ('50),
Snyder. She taught school in Snyder from 1950 until retiring
in 1991.
- Arlene
R. Shipp
('50), Walnut Springs. Her major was home economics at
North Texas.
- Gerald
Raymond Stockard ('50), Weatherford. He was the director of the math and
science department at Weatherford Junior College before retiring
in 1981. He taught physics, math and drafting classes for 35
years.
- William ‘Bill' Tucker
Jr.
('50), Longview. He began his interior design career
with McWilliams in Longview and later founded Tucker Interiors,
which he headed until his retirement.
- Kenneth
D. Young
('50, '54 M.Ed.), San Antonio. He worked in the
Texas public schools for 38 years as a teacher, coach, principal,
athletics director and assistant superintendent.
- Jack
A. Gray Jr. ('51, '55
M.A.), Denton. He was founder and president of Global Children
Inc. and Kids for Christ International and creator of the Bible
Bowl.
- Joe
Don Little ('51
M.A.), Gainesville. He served in the Coast Guard during World
War II. He later taught English and was an assistant principal
at Robert E. Lee High School in Grand Prairie for 21 years.
- Carolyn
Cawley Silvernale ('51, '52
M.A.), Denton. She taught speech at area colleges and a history
of
costumes course at North Texas. She was an owner of the Southwest
Textile Laboratory and the Sample Boutique.
- Joe
P. Wallace ('51),
Howe. He served in the Army during the Korean War and for 30
years served as president or chief executive officer
for several banks.
- Laura
L. Kirk Anderson ('52),
Denton. She received her degree from North Texas in general
business.
- George
A. Benz ('53, '55
M.S.), San Antonio. He was a professor of economics at St.
Mary's University in San Antonio. He served in the Army
with the 11th Airborne Division during World War II.
- Charles
Ray Daniel ('53),
Longview. He earned his degree in general business at North
Texas.
- Wesley
David Spencer ('53),
Cleburne. He taught art in the Dallas public schools for 36
years and then substitute taught in the district's special
education program.
- Harlan
Dan Vander Zee ('53),
San Antonio. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and worked
as a banker.
- Joe
D. York ('53),
Corsicana. He served in the Air Force for 24 years, logging
more than 9,000 flying hours and retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
He then followed his father into the family business, Joe York
Furniture Co., in Corsicana.
- Daisy
Alene Van Meter ('54),
Rhome. She taught at Northwest High School before retiring.
She was also founder and past president of the Rhome Library.
- James
Ammon Petty ('55),
Clyde. He maintained a private piano studio in Abilene for
more than 40 years and traveled extensively, judging piano
competitions.
- Ray
Alvin Wright ('55
M.M.Ed.), Searcy, Ark. He was an educator at Harding University
in Arkansas.
- Homer
Louis Beckham ('56),
Texarkana. His Marine battalion was involved in the campaign
at the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. He later worked
for Williams and Davis Boiler Co. in Wilmer for many years.
- Timothy
R. O'Keefe ('56),
Lampasas. He was a retired Navy captain. His 31-year military
career included service in Hawaii and Australia and at the
Pentagon.
- William
A. ‘Dub' Brown ('57),
Port Arthur. He worked for several newspapers and was editor
of the Port Arthur News before retiring. He was also
a member of the Port Arthur City Council.
- William
Lee Abbe ('57),
Denton. He retired in 1990 after 33 years with Moore Business
Forms. He served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Antietam and
the U.S.S. Philippine Sea during the Korean War.
- Billy
D. Lackey ('58),
Albuquerque, N.M. He worked as the controller at the Public
Service Co. of New Mexico and volunteered as treasurer for
several non-profit organizations, including Habitat for Humanity.
- Pattye
Watkins ('58, '65 M.Ed.), Arlington.
She received her degrees in education at North Texas.
- Janice
Joy Davis ('59), Dallas. She worked in the
oil and gas business for SEDCO, Eagle Production and Drilling,
Triton and Tennison Oil. She helped SEDCO's retirees
keep in touch after the company closed.
- Andrew
D. Dierlam ('59), Plano. He was a Desert Storm
veteran and retired from the Navy after 30 years of service.
He also worked for Aetna Life and Casualty Co.
- Vodie
Lee Jones Fulton ('59),
Denton. She taught at Pilot Point, Aubrey and Carrollton before
retiring in 1978. She and her husband helped found Asbury United
Methodist Church.
- David
Mobley ('59),
Kilgore. He was an Army veteran and managed Mobley Interests,
a group of industrial service companies headquartered in Kilgore.
- Grace
Lealma Oliphant ('59),
Dallas. She taught for the Dallas ISD for 20 years before retiring
in 1979.
1960s [
top ]
- Larry
Dean Allred ('60),
Stillwater, Okla. He received a degree in history from North
Texas.
- Evelyn
W. Isbell ('60, '75
M.Ed.), Dallas. She was a teacher and librarian, serving at
Benito Juarez Elementary School, Mark Twain Elementary School
and Harry Stone Middle School in Dallas before retiring in
1983.
- Ramon
H. Tanguma ('60),
San Diego. Prior to serving as city administrator in San Diego,
he was an English teacher, principal and superintendent for
the Benavides and San Diego school districts.
- Jimmy
Don Freeman ('61, '66
M.Ed.), Saint Jo. He taught in Forestburg, was a teacher and
superintendent at Saint Jo and was the superintendent at Giddings
State School.
- Donald
Garland Lynch ('61),
Gainesville. He served in the Army during the Korean War and
worked for Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. before joining
Cooke County Community College as head of the mid-management
program.
- Huey
Eddie ‘Ed' McBride ('61, '66
M.Ed.), Dallas. He taught school in Dallas before entering
the insurance business and managing several companies. He returned
to education as the director of the GED Labs for the Dallas
County Adult Probation Department.
- Cecilia ‘Cela' Blakely
Merritt ('61),
Naples. She was employed by Paul H. Pewitt High School as secretary
and worked in the administration office until she retired in
2000.
- Paul
W. Renick ('61),
Fort Worth. He was an Army veteran and taught at Iowa State
University where he also served as the university's organist.
He later was choir director and organist for several Fort Worth
churches.
- Haskell
L. ‘Skip' Spillers Jr. ('61),
DeSoto. He was a director of the alumni association for Adamson
High School. He served as music director at several Dallas
churches and at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Prairie.
- Neoma
Pippen Arney ('62),
Sherman. She was an elementary school teacher for more than
15 years in the Denison ISD before she retired and moved to
East Texas.
- William
M. Green ('62, '66
M.Ed.), Denton. He received his degrees from North Texas in
education.
- Barbara
J. McKeown Lombardi ('62, '70
M.Ed.), Weatherford.
She studied education
at North Texas.
- Don
Pugh ('62),
Denton. He was a retired vice president of data processing
at Medical Laboratories. An Air Force veteran, he was a member
of the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Aircraft Owners
and Pilots Association.
- William ‘Bill' F.
Roberg ('62
M.S.), Muenster. His 36-year career as an educator included
work as a coach, teacher and principal in the Gainesville ISD.
- Thomas
H. Watkins ('62
M.S.), Fort Worth. He was a coach, teacher and assistant principal,
serving in junior high schools in Denver, Colo., Richland and
Watauga and at Haltom High School.
- Carole
Joe Machart ('63),
Spring. She earned her degree from North Texas in elementary
education.
- J.B.
Stuart ('63),
Bedford. He earned a business degree from North Texas and was
employed by the JaGee Corp. as comptroller.
- Callie
Wynne Bragg ('65
M.Ed.), Dallas. For more than 30 years she taught elementary
school in Dallas and, after retiring, founded an advisory board
at a community center in West Dallas to help make the neighborhood
drug free. She was also founder and chair of the Mary Allen
Museum of African-American Art and History in Crockett.
- Bill
D. Neal ('65),
Fort Worth. He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War
and worked as a personnel director for Stripling's Department
Store in the 1970s. In 2002 he retired from Lockheed Martin
as a retirement specialist.
- Edward
B. Turner ('65),
Temple. He served in the Air Force, taught on the Navajo Indian
Reservation in Kayenta, Ariz., and taught for 26 years in Killeen.
He also was a justice of the peace in Killeen and a municipal
judge in Rosebud. He owned and operated the Temple Detective
Agency.
- William
Mikel Williams ('65),
Cañon City, Colo. He served in the Peace Corps and the
Army before completing his degree in industrial arts education.
For 29 years he was a teacher and coach in Nevada. He opened
his own art gallery in Cañon City in August 2002.
- Dave
Kenton Jackson ('66),
Fort Worth. He was employed by the Texas Department of Health
and had worked in emergency medical services since he was 18.
- Jeanne
Cannon Leslie ('66),
Boerne. She was a longtime resident of Richardson, where she
was a first-grade teacher. She had lived in Boerne for the
past nine years.
- Richard
Russell ‘Rusty' Harrison ('67),
Mineral Wells. He earned his degree from North Texas in
marketing.
- Doyne
McIver ('67 M.S.), San Angelo. He was a math
teacher and football coach in Mansfield and Mesquite, taking
Mesquite to the state finals in 1974. He was a principal
in Wall until he retired to pursue interests in the oilfield
business.
- Tennie
Criddle Chimney ('68 M.Ed.), Corsicana. She
worked as an elementary schoolteacher in Lufkin and Corsicana
and as a principal in the Wilmer-Hutchins ISD. She finished
her teaching career at the Lifeline Academy Charter School.
- Paul
Hodson Sanderson ('68), Lewisville. He received
his degree in art.
- Webb
H. Holbert Jr. ('69),
Fort Worth. He earned a degree in general business from North
Texas.
- Wilburn
Ace O'Rear ('69),
Garland. He built and remodeled homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area for more than 30 years.
- Louise
Ingold Swanteson ('69
M.L.S.), Canton. She worked as a librarian for the Dallas Public
Library for 15 years.
1970s [
top ]
- Kenneth
Ray Ard ('70, '76
M.Ed.), Decatur. An Army veteran, he served in the 101st Airborne
Division. He was a biology teacher and football coach at several
schools, including Wylie High School, which he led to a state
championship in 1977, and Decatur High School. He retired in
2001.
- Landy
Loren Mulkey ('70),
Denton. He was owner and operator of the Photo Place and an
active member of the Denton Community Band.
- Betty
Louise Wright Beaty ('71
M.Ed.), Irving. She coached
basketball and tennis for 20 years in the Longview, Waco and
Bastrop school districts. She taught distributive education
in Irving and was named outstanding D.E. Teacher in Texas in
1976.
- Deborah ‘Debbie' Sue
Jackson Cox ('71),
Arlington. She taught first and third grades at Delaney Primary
School in Kennedale and in 1999 was named Teacher of the Year.
- Ronald
P. Anson ('72
M.M.), Fayette, Mo. He earned his degree from North Texas in
music education.
- Donald
A. Aronofsky ('72),
Denver, Colo. For the past 25 years, he had worked at Interface
company sites worldwide.
- Aaron
Day Sr. ('72
M.S.), Dallas. He taught in Dallas schools for 16 years before
becoming vice principal at Irving High School. He was also
a minister at the Cliff View Church of Christ for 20 years.
- Ronald
C. Helvie Jr. ('72),
Las Vegas, Nev. He was president, CEO and chair of the Las
Vegas Federal Credit Union.
- Michael
D. Reesing ('72),
Waco. He received his degree in general business from North
Texas.
- Nolan
Allan Terrill ('72),
Irving. He was a life member of the Irving Jaycees and president
of the Texas JCI Senate. He also was president of the Texas
Association of Psychological Associates and the North American
Association of Masters in Psychology.
- Edwin
M. Wood Jr. ('72
M.B.A.), Naperville, Ill. He was director of pricing for the
U.S. Can Company and a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
- Shery
Ann Donaldson Gilbert ('73),
Houston. She taught music education at elementary schools in
Crenshaw, Miss., and in the Branch, Alief and Klein ISDs. She
received a Teacher of the Year award in 1989.
- John
Marshall Coppage ('74),
St. Joseph, Minn. He studied industrial arts at North Texas.
- Judith
Ann Metcalf ('74, '77
M.L.S.), Dallas. She was a reference editor for the Dallas
Morning News, overseeing its transition to a digital archive.
After retiring from the newspaper in 1996, she did research
for the Arlington Morning News and worked in a legal library.
- Travis
Brooks Linn ('75),
Reno, Nev. He was the news director for WFAA-TV and Radio in
Dallas before becoming Southwest bureau chief for CBS News
in the 1970s. He was the first dean of the University
of Nevada-Reno's School of Journalism and taught journalism
and new media studies there.
- Terry
Smith Weathersby ('75),
Lubbock. She received her degree from North Texas in elementary
education.
- Forrest
Ware Harlow Jr. ('76
Ph.D.), San Angelo. He was a faculty member at Texas A&M-Commerce
for 13 years and at Angelo State University for 19 years. He
held the Nathan and Sylvia Donsky Business Professorship from
the time it was created until his death.
- Jerry
Russell Swindell ('77),
Boyd. He served as a minister in several Primitive Baptist
churches in Texas and Oklahoma. He retired from the Air Force
in 1973 after 20 years of service.
- Kenneth
A. Klotz ('78
M.B.A.), Abilene. He earned his North Texas degree in management.
- Patrick
Dale McDaniel ('78
M.S.), Denton. He was a driver for the Denton ISD's special
needs program.
- Dennis
Keith Davis ('79),
Fort Worth. He earned a business degree at North Texas and
was a regional manager for Pizza Inn.
- Enoch
Broyles ('79),
Denton. He retired as a full colonel in 1971 from the Air Force
after a 31-year career. He earned his degree from North Texas
at the age of 60 and worked for the Federal Emergency Management
Agency in 1980.
- Robert
W. Burns ('79),
Lindale. He studied industrial arts education at North Texas.
1980s [
top ]
- Lola
Elizabeth Nixon ('80),
Longview. She received her degree in sociology from North Texas.
Her friends say she will be remembered most for her smile and
laugh.
- Jerry
Baber ('81), Stafford. He was a teacher at
Kempner High School and the artistic director for the Playhouse
90 theater. He taught theater in various high schools for
17 years and was active in Houston community and junior
college theaters.
- William
Samuel Aston Jr. ('84 Ph.D.), Fort Worth.
He was a professor at Stephen F. Austin University and
Wayland Baptist University before retiring. He was a veteran
of the Korean War.
- Betty
June Stapleton ('84 M.Ed.), North Richland
Hills. She taught English at Amarillo High School before
moving to L.D. Bell High School where she founded the gifted
and talented program. She was named Teacher of the Year
at L.D. Bell and received the State of Texas Outstanding
Teacher of Humanities Award.
- Louis
Haynes ('86),
Dallas. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, but a knee
injury ended his football career in 1985. He later became a
massage therapist at the Baylor Tom Landry Fitness Center and
for the Dallas Mavericks.
- Deric
Doniv Marshall ('88),
San Francisco, Calif. He majored in music composition at UNT.
- Gregory ‘Kalidas' A.
Moring-Ryan ('88),
Denton. He was a health fitness instructor and consultant and
had worked at sports complexes in Dallas, Houston, New York
City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was a volunteer with
numerous AIDS projects and helped with programs to feed the
hungry in Los Angeles.
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- Jennifer
Paige Lovette Bailey ('94),
Fort Worth. Due to her accomplishments while coping with muscular
dystrophy, she was chosen as the "poster child" for
the United Way twice — most recently after her graduation
from UNT. She considered her son Matthew her proudest achievement.
- Brian
Lively ('96), Dallas. He was owner and operator
of B-Live Productions.
- Timothy
Robert Wiseman ('96 M.S.), Wichita Falls.
He was the collection development manager for the Wichita
Falls Public Library.
- Nathan
B. Carver ('97), Plano. He began his private
dental practice in McKinney in 2001.
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- Jack
A. Dobbs ('55),
Denton, manager of the golf course, 1976-1990. He studied business
at North Texas and served in the U.S. Air Force during the
Korean War.
- Helen
Ann Williams Hanicak ('60, '67 M.A., '76 Ph.D.), Denton, English
instructor, 1970-1971. She received her degrees in English
from North Texas and worked as a teaching assistant before
becoming a full-time instructor.
- A.
Kathleen Helvenston
('50 M.S.), Tatum, coach and physical education instructor,
1964-1966. She received her bachelor's degree from Stephen
F. Austin State University and her master's degree in
health, physical education and recreation from North Texas.
She later taught at the University of Nevada at Reno and was
the elementary physical education coordinator for the Lewisville
ISD.
- Marguerite
Jost Denton,
librarian, 1968-1975. She was born in Sanger June 1, 1918,
and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Denton.
- Rowe
Morgan Meador ('38,
'51 M.B.A.), Garland, Professor Emeritus of business administration,
1955-1980. He received a bachelor's degree with a major in
public school administration and a master's degree in accounting
from North Texas. In 1958, he earned a doctorate in marketing
and economics from the University of Arkansas. Meador entered
the Army Air Force in World War II and served with the 360th
Fighter Squadron of the 8th Air Force in England. At North
Texas he taught marketing, sales management, statistics, accounting
and economics and served as the director of the M.B.A. program
and acting chair of the marketing department. He also served
30 years as a Church of Christ minister, including work at
churches in Denton and Krum.
- Bob
Nunley,
Denton, associate professor of mathematics, 1964-1988. Nunley
served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Everett F. Larson during World
War II. He earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University,
a master's from Hardin-Simmons University and a doctorate from
the University of Texas at Austin. He was the author of Discovery
in Elementary School Mathematics and Geometry: An Intuitive
Approach and was a member of several professional organizations,
including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and
the Texas Association of College Teachers. After his retirement,
he tutored students, prepared tax returns for senior citizens
and was involved in Habitat for Humanity. He also loved to
read and travel.
- Allen
Laws Oliver III,
Dallas, adjunct instructor in the School of Visual Arts, 2002-2003.
Oliver, who taught interior design courses, was a graduate
of the University of Texas at Austin and a San Francisco design
school. He also attended Parsons School of Design in New York.
He taught at El Centro College and did design work and restoration
projects throughout Dallas.
- Richard
M. Owsley,
Denton, Professor Emeritus of philosophy, 1963-1996. He was
a former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion
studies, which he helped create in 1969. He served in the Army
Medical Corps during World War II and earned a bachelor's degree
from the University of Louisville and a master's degree and
doctorate from Indiana University. His specialties were existentialism
and phenomenology. For more than 20 years he organized annual
conferences on the life and thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger
and the phenomenological movement. He continued to participate
in UNT's Great Books Program until two weeks before his death.
- Walton
Henry Sharp,
Spring, assistant professor of applied economics, 1983-1990.
He received his bachelor's degree in business from Lamar
University, his master's degree from the University of
New Orleans and his doctorate from the University of Houston.
He was a former director of the Labor and Industrial Relations
Institute at UNT and later worked as a labor consultant for
the U.S. Steel Workers.
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