Virginia McKee Curl (’43), Fort Worth. She was an award-winning artist in oil, watercolor, needlepoint and flower arranging and was a national flower show judge. She was active in women’s clubs and garden clubs.

Camille Scott Durham (’51), Fort Worth. She was a junior high school teacher for the Birdville ISD, retiring in 1993, and served as a substitute teacher at Aledo High School for many years. At North Texas, she studied education and journalism and was the president of the Delta Chi Delta sorority. She was married to the late Garland R. Durham (’52).

Maudyne Yeager Howard (’36), Canyon Lake. She received a music degree from North Texas and taught music in Hebbronville before marrying and moving to Alice. An accomplished musician who was versatile on the organ and piano, she played for the Alice United Methodist Church and led the junior choir there.

Gaylon Gassiot (’59, ’62 M.S.), Spring. He earned his degrees in education from North Texas and taught school in Texas for more than 40 years.

Robert C. Sherman (’46 M.S.), Denton, Professor Emeritus of biology who worked at North Texas from 1946 to 1978, died May 28. Sherman, considered a pioneer in conservation education, began work on a master’s degree in field biology at North Texas in 1940 under J.K.G. Silvey, who became his mentor and colleague. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Sherman joined North Texas as assistant professor of education and was principal of the demonstration school. He left in 1948 to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri and returned to North Texas in 1950 to join the biology and chemistry faculty. For many summers he taught a field laboratory in conservation education and in 1955 published Life and Death of the Soil. He served as chair of the Division of Science, associate dean of the graduate school and director of research and academic grants. He also was a life member of the President’s Council and a longtime supporter of UNT. His first wife was the late Elizabeth Lura Pinkerton Sherman (’46 M.A.)

Aaron Wuensch (’08), Denton. He was a master’s student in economics and an avid athlete. He received the Faculty of the Department of Economics Scholarship, the department’s top honor for graduate students.

Alex Casildo (’09), Mount Vernon. He graduated in May with a degree in real estate and a minor in Spanish. He was a member of Lambda Theta Phi fraternity.

Mireya Soto, Dallas. She was a senior majoring in Spanish and was the incoming president of Lambda Theta Nu sorority.

Mabel Marie Carpino Ferguson, Denton, registered nurse at the health center from 1968 to 1990, died April 27. She and her husband traveled around the world during his Air Force career and moved to Denton in 1965. She worked at Flow Hospital in addition to the health center.

LaMar Denard Davis, Arlington. He was a junior majoring in psychology.