Kathryn ‘Kay’ Kidd Winters (’54), Richardson :: After earning her business education degree, she had careers as a stay-at-home mom and an elementary school teacher. She lived in Albuquerque, Beaumont, Kansas City, Bartlesville and Tulsa and enjoyed tennis and golf. At North Texas, she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

Valentine M. Kolar (’56), Las Vegas, Nev. :: He served as a member of the U.S. Army band during the Korean War and was an accomplished musician and vocalist. He played stand-up bass and traveled the world with legendary jazz bands of the 1950s and ’60s, including those of Henry James, Stan Kenton, Si Zentner and Johnny Mathis. After he retired from an 18-year teaching career, he attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and trained to be an actor in the senior adult theater, performing in many productions. At North Texas, he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Emmett Foster Keiffer (’59), Plano :: He was proud to have put himself through school at North Texas. After earning his degree, he worked for 32 years with U.S. Gypsum, where he was a top sales representative. He also worked in the homebuilding industry, constructing several homes in the West Plano area. He was an Army veteran, serving during the Korean War.

Glenn Howze (’60, ’63 M.A.), Chapel Hill, N.C. :: He earned his degrees in sociology and went on to earn his doctorate from Washington State University, teaching at Tuskegee and then Auburn. A rural sociologist, he spent 12 years overseas working on economic development projects in Mali, Burkino Faso, Niger and Somalia, and he worked on more than 20 assignments in Africa and Latin America. In 2001, he taught as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. In the U.S., he studied the lives of the poor in areas where the timber industry was strong. He held several national offices in the American Association of University Professors.

Jimmy Lee Murphrey (’61), Denton :: He earned degrees in history and education, taught political science and later retired from Denton State School. He also served in the Army Reserves Engineers.

Sue Turner Flournoy (’67), Mount Vernon :: She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology and education and was a member of Mortar Board Honor Society and Chi Omega. She raised her two children and later served as office manager for her husband of 44 years, psychologist Richard Flournoy (’66, ’67 M.S.). She was active in her church, and she and her husband enjoyed traveling to Israel and Alaska and visiting their children and grandchildren in Texas and California.

Henry Bedford Furr (’68 Ed.D.), Abilene :: He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and pursued careers in education and business. After a number of years teaching, he moved to administration and retired as assistant superintendent for business in Wichita Falls. In earlier years, he worked as an announcer and account executive for radio station KWFT in Wichita Falls and went on to become sales and promotion manager for United Electric Co. He was a member of Kiwanis International for more than 50 years and received the Kiwanis Legion of Honor. He also was a certified lay speaker for the Methodist church. He and his wife of 69 years, Oneta Roberts Furr (’40 M.S., ’68 Ed.D.), earned their doctoral degrees at the same time and made news as the first married couple to accomplish that at North Texas.

Carroll ‘Ken’ McTee (’69), Van Alstyne :: He earned a degree in graphic design and began work for Texas Instruments on the ground floor, working his way up to become supervisor of five divisions. He retired in 2004 after 34 years with the company, then became a Grayson County Master Gardener and devoted numerous volunteer hours to the community.

Jerome ‘Jerry’ Jay Samuels (’69 M.M.Ed.), Dallas :: He was a professional pianist and bandleader for more than 45 years, playing with jazz greats Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw and Clark Terry. He taught piano to students of all ages, served on the faculty of Richland and Brookhaven colleges and was accompanist for the Brookhaven Vocal Jazz Ensemble for 19 years. In 2004, he released Samuels & Wesar Perform the Music of Clare Fischer and the next year fulfilled a lifelong dream when he recorded an album of 18 original compositions, Sounds of Samuels.

Charles E. Wellington (’71 Ed.D.), Rio Rancho, N.M. :: He served in World War II and the Korean War before beginning a lifelong career in public education. He was a teacher and then became a principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools in Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon and Arizona. After retiring, he was known as the friendly neighborhood handyman.