Belinda Davis White (’74), Victoria :: She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and English and was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She taught school in West Virginia before earning a degree in physical therapy in 1987. She worked as a pediatric physical therapist for the public schools in Charlton, Mass., and was a senior physical therapist for Health Force Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic in Victoria. She was certified in sensory integration and was an avid student of Pilates, yoga and belly dancing. She also ran marathons and enjoyed gardening, antiquing, cooking and kayaking.

Tom F. Glover (’77 M.F.A.), Panhandle :: He worked as a teaching assistant in the ceramics program while earning his master’s degree. He then taught ceramics and drawing at Amarillo College from 1977 to 1986 before moving to Guadalupita, N.M., to work as a full-time potter. His work can be seen at Taos Artisans Co-op Gallery and the Museum of Natural History in Santa Fe. He also served as fire chief of the Guadalupita Volunteer Fire Department.

Steven Arthur Kroll (’78), Denton :: He served in the U.S. Army in the mid 1960s and came to North Texas on the GI Bill, earning his degree in music education. He taught, wrote and performed with a multitude of instruments, including vocals. He also was a photographer, an artist, a pilot and a sailor.

Roy Hunton (’87 M.Ed.), Odessa :: He earned his master’s in vocational and technical education and turned his love of carpentry into a lifelong passion by teaching a building trades class for the Ector County ISD. He also designed and built his home and several others for friends. He retired from the district after 25 years of service, which also included coaching and teaching history. He enjoyed running, swimming, scuba diving and snow skiing. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Kiwanis International.

James Eason (’04), Rockwall :: He earned his degree in sociology, with minors in history and psychology, and taught fifth grade at B.J. Smith Elementary in the Mesquite ISD. He and his wife, who was an assistant principal in the district, and their 1-year-old son were killed in a car accident in East Texas.

Lori Bull Dodds (’06, ’07 M.S.), McKinney :: She was serving as the Collin County law librarian and had worked for many years in Austin as a paralegal for Winckler & Harvey LLP. She was an active member of Texas Democratic Women and the American Association of Law Libraries. She loved to read and travel and, at the time of her death, was traveling with her family in Peru.

Dale Hugh Peters (’52, ’53), Denton, Professor Emeritus of music, 1959-2005, died July 16. He was coordinator of organ and harpsichord instruction for 20 years and served for 12 years as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Music. His organ students won state and regional contests and held college teaching positions and church music appointments in several states.Peters earned bachelor’s degrees in organ and English from North Texas and a master’s in musicology from Columbia University. He won first prize in the American Guild of Organists Young Artists Competition in 1954 and served as assistant organist/choirmaster at St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University before receiving a Fulbright grant for study in Denmark. In 1983, he passed the American Guild of Organists choirmaster examination and received the highest score nationwide on the guild’s Fellowship examination, which earned him the S. Lewis Elmer Award.Peters began playing organ at the First United Methodist Church in Denton in 1949 and, after a break for graduate study and Army service, became the full-time choir director and organist in 1963, serving in those positions for 40 and 50 years. The church is home to the Dale H. Peters Sanctuary Pipe Organ. Peters and his wife, the late vocalist and lecturer Juanita Teal Peters (’51), regularly presented concerts together. Donations may be made to the College of Music’s Dale Peters Organ Scholarship.

Sam Dibrell, San Antonio :: He was a senior who played football for the Mean Green in 2007 and 2008. In high school, he was a star wide receiver on Alamo Heights’ 2006 state championship team. He holds career receiving records at the high school and was named all-state as a senior there.

Nim Marshall Ashley (’83), Sanger :: He was the owner of A&W Productions of Sanger. He earned his degree in industrial arts.

Casey ‘Joe’ Bagby (’69), Sweetwater :: In the 1980s, he and his wife served as missionaries for eight years in Thailand, where they adopted twin girls. After coming back to the U.S., they continued their work in Maryland and then returned to Texas, where Joe preached at the Westside Church of Christ in Round Rock and later at the Fourth and Elm Church of Christ in Sweetwater.