John Kuiper, 88, of Washington, D.C. died May 11 in Washington, D.C. Kuiper, Distinguished Emeritus professor, worked in the department of media arts at UNT from 1987 to 1999, serving as chair of the department for nine years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in art history at the University of Kentucky in 1950, and studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design in 1951. From 1951 to 1953, during the Korean War, Kuiper served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a Second Lieutenant. In 1955, he worked as a cameraman on the set of Wild Kingdom in East and South Africa and continued working as a professional still and motion picture photographer before receiving his master’s degree in 1958 and Ph.D. in 1960, both from the University of Iowa. He then worked as a teacher and film archivist. He served as head of motion pictures section of the Library of Congress from 1965 to 1977. He also worked as the director in the film department of the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y. from 1977 to 1987. He served as president of the University Film and Video Association and the UFVA Foundation, for which he was awarded a lifetime membership. A memorial service is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. May 26 at St. Columba’s Church Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

David J. Tracy, 69, of Denton, a lecturer in the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism since 2013, died April 12 in Dallas. He worked primarily in multimedia production and news writing and created NTDailyradio.com in 2015, an online radio station. He also directed the school’s annual Multimedia High School Journalism Summer Workshop from its first year in 2013 to 2016.

After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, Dave got his start in radio, and then became a writer and producer at a CBS affiliate in San Diego and a general assignment television reporter at the CBS affiliate in Peoria, Illinois, and Dallas. After shifting his career to corporate communications, he worked for American Airlines, Westcott Communications and VHA0 Inc. He also founded his own video production company, operating out of Dallas. He received five Dallas Press Club Katie Awards for Excellence in Journalism and a National Cable Ace Award.

He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Diego State University and a master's in communication and a secondary education journalism teaching certificate from the University of Texas at Tyler. The Mayborn School of Journalism has established a scholarship fund in his name. Contributions can be made online.

James Gregory Jones (’87, ’91 M.S.), 53, a professor of learning technologies and associate dean in the College of Information who had worked at UNT since 2002, died March 30 in Denton. His research focused on emerging technologies for improving teaching and learning, including visualization systems, learning analytics, distributed learning and virtual environments. He also was a dedicated mentor, advising numerous students and chairing 14 doctoral dissertations to completion.

He was a co-creator of the Electronic Emissary, one of the first K-12 student-mentor matching services in the U.S., and was a former president of TAPR, a nonprofit research and development organization focused on packet- and wireless-related technologies for radio amateurs. He had an FCC advanced amateur radio license.

As a student at UNT he studied computer science, computer education and research statistics. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 and studied at the UoSAT Spacecraft Engineering Research Unit at the University of Surrey in England. He also did postgraduate work at the National Institute for Multimedia in Education. Outside of work, he was a dedicated family man, geek and Disney lover. He was passionate about cats, the outdoors, cycling, astronomy, weather, airplanes, science fiction movies, music and video games. Memorials may be made to the Department of Learning Technologies.

Mary Nan Hudgins Mailman ('50, '56 M.M.), 87, a professor of music who taught at UNT from 1976 to 1995, died June 25 in Weatherford. A lifelong pianist, she began her music career at age 20 when she won the 1949 G.B. Dealey Memorial Award and played a Mozart Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She was a finalist in the International Concours in Geneva, Switzerland. She taught at the Eastman School of Music and East Carolina University in addittion to UNT. She especially loved performing works by Mozart and Poulenc and often played as a dual pianist with lonngtime friend and fellow piano faculty member Jean Mainous. She earned her degrees in piano at North Texas, where she studied with Silvio Scionti and was married to Martin Mailman, also a music professor. She earned an artist diploma from Juilliard, studying with the famous piano pedagogue Rosina Lhévinne. Survivors include her son, Matthew Mailman ('95 D.M.A.).

Jack Rosenbalm (’64, ’66 M.A, ’74 Ph.D.), Lockhart :: He studied history and English at North Texas and taught in the English department while earning his doctorate under Gerald Kirk with a specialty in Restoration literature. He taught at Texas State University for more than 30 years, edited Studies in American Humor and was a founding member of the American Humor Studies Association, which offers a prize in his name. He served in the U.S. Army in military intelligence for three years. At North Texas, he edited The Eaglet, an underground newspaper. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Carolyn Walton Rosenbalm (’65).

Pat McLeod (’48, ’52 M.S.), Professor Emeritus of education, died on Oct. 12 in Denton. He worked at North Texas from 1954 to 2000, first as an instructor in industrial arts and later as founder and director of the vocational-technical program in the College of Education. He served as the Geezle faculty sponsor from 1954 to 1966. He had previously worked as a teacher in Monahans ISD and at Clifton College. The Career and Technology Education (CATE) Association of Texas created The Dr. Pat McLeod Scholarship in 2006, and the Denton ISD named the counseling center in the new Advanced Career and Technology Education Complex the Dr. Pat N. McLeod Vocational Counseling Center. He earned his North Texas degrees in industrial arts and his doctorate in administrative and educational services from Michigan State University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1947. Survivors include his son, Patrick Michael McLeod (’97, ’14 M.S.).

Jim J. Bezdek (’50, ’54 M.Ed.), 86, Professor Emeritus of education, died Nov. 17 in Denton. Serving on the faculty from 1967 to 1996, he was a curriculum instruction management specialist and authority on mathematics education who had served as a consultant and co-author of a math textbook series. In 2011, he received UNT’s Ulys Knight Spirit Award. He and his wife, Rose, were members of the Chilton Recognition Society and established The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas Dr. Jim J. and Rose A. Bezdek Endowment Fund Celebrating Czech Music and Culture. He was proud of his Czech heritage and had played the accordion since he was a child. He received his degrees in public school administration from UNT and his doctorate from Cornell University. He also served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953.

Steve Roswold, Lewisville :: He was a doctoral student and teaching assistant in the history department. He loved working with students. Donations can be made in honor of Steve Roswold to The Friends of the Department Of History Scholarship at UNT.

Hugh Kirkpatrick (’48, ’49 MA, ’76 Ph.D), 89, Professor Emeritus of English, died July 24 in Denton. Kirkpatrick worked at North Texas from 1961 to 1992, becoming an assistant professor of English and associate dean and acting dean of the graduate school.

He studied linguistics at Georgetown University and published articles on medieval literature and language. He served in the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division in World War II. He later worked as a foreign service officier with the U.S. Information Service in embassies including Beirut, Lebanon; Tehran, Iran; Damascus, Syria; Amman, Jordan; and Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

He earned his degrees in English at North Texas, and as a bachelor’s student, he met his wife, Lina Briggs Kirkpatrick (’46), who died Aug. 24. They were both founding members of the Denton Bach Society and participated in many musical organizations in the area.

Jerome Duggan (’55, '56 M.A.), 81, Professor Emeritus of physics, died Aug. 31 in Denton. He served on the physics faculty from 1973 to 2012. He earned his North Texas degrees in physics and a doctorate from Louisiana State University. Before coming to UNT, he was an assistant professor at the University of Georgia and then worked at the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

He started the International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry in 1968 and brought the biennial conference with him to UNT, where it drew the world's top physicists to disucss the applications of particle accelerators. He attended the 23rd conference this year in San Antonio as Conference Chair Emeritus.

He received the UNT President’s Award in 1987. He was awarded a special medal at the 1995 meeting of the Particle Induced X-Ray Emission Conference in Padua, Italy. He was made a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2000.

Memorials can be made to: the Dr. Jerome L. Duggan Memorial Scholarship in Physics at the UNT Foundation, 1155 Union Circle No. 311250, Denton, TX 76203 or donate online.