Mary Ann Cox, Dallas. She studied business at North Texas from 1985 to 1987 and returned for graduate study in 2000.

Judy Cooksey Robinson (’62), Weatherford. At North Texas, she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She taught at American military bases in Europe while traveling with her husband, the late Louis B. ‘Burney’ Robinson (’62), for his job with Texas Instruments. After they moved back to Texas, she taught school for 30 years, retiring in 2001 from Terrell Elementary School in Denison. Survivors include her children, Tisha Robinson Beaird (’91), Brady Robinson (’93) and Eric Robinson (’94).

Cheryl A. Waggoner (’09 M.S.), Denton. She earned her master’s degree in biology from UNT in May. Her research included the investigation of the microbial impact of triclosan in the Trinity River through an EPA research associateship.

Charles A Micek (’50), Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. :: He earned his degree in mathematics and worked in aerospace engineering in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Utah and California. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sarah M. Abel Micek (’51).

David Earl George (’86), Springdale, Ark. He earned a degree in business computer information systems from North Texas and was an information technician for University Airlines in Bentonville, Ark.

Jean Dillard Worsham (’48) :: For more than 30 years, she taught Spanish in Abilene and Austin and taught English as a second language at the Texas Intensive English Program. As a young teacher, she spent her summers traveling and studying in Europe and Mexico. After retiring, she continued to pursue learning and education through Great Books groups and Lifetime Learning classes.

John David Monroe, Argyle. He attended North Texas from 1955 to 1959 and was a long-time real estate agent, investor and rancher in the Sivells Bend area. He donated land north of Gainesville to help create UNT’s Monroe Robotic Observatory, which can be remotely operated from the Denton campus.

Milton L. Martin (’33), Palo Alto, Calif. He entered North Texas on a scholarship at age 15, studying art under Cora Stafford, and later studied in New York at the Art Students League and in Paris. He worked for Walt Disney in the animation department, specifically on the development and animation of the film Fantasia. In the late ’40s and ’50s, he was an art director for several San Francisco advertising agencies. He earned his master’s degree at San Francisco University in 1960 and taught fifth grade for 16 years. After retiring, he tutored students in English, building friendships in China, Japan and Korea and tutoring until his death at age 94.

Velma Rogers Gerding (’36), Amarillo. At North Texas, she was the editor of the literary magazine Avesta. She taught music in the Wichita Falls public schools for four years and in the Denton public schools for 23 years. She was married to the late J.L. Gerding (’46, ’47 M.A.), professor of foreign languages at North Texas for 30 years. She is survived by her sister, Virginia ‘Ginger’ Rogers Swanson, who attended North Texas from 1940 to 1942.

William Michael Childress (’78 M.S.), Denver, Colo. He earned his Ph.D. in bioengineering at Texas A&M in 1993 and was the co-developer of the Ecological Dynamics Simulation model, which has been applied at 35 locations in the United States, Australia and Indonesia. He most recently worked as a modeler and aquatic ecologist with KS2 Ecological Field Services LLC and was also a nature photographer and writer, founding Montague Media to share his visions and ideas. Other North Texas alumni in his family included his father, William Patrick Childress (’62); mother, Marilyn Jones Childress Mills, who attended from 1945 to 1948; and grandfather, William Olin Childress, who was a freshman in 1909.