Marilyn Beaird (M.Ed., ’99 Ph.D.), Bedford, is part of three generations of the Beaird family to graduate from UNT. Her grandson Landon Beaird (’24), majored in media arts. His father is Miller Beaird (’01 M.Ed.), an educational administration major. Marilyn Beaird (’92 M.Ed., ’99 Ph.D.), was a teaching assistant in the information science department in the 1990s while completing her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction.