UNT alumni who’ve made names for themselves are featured in two recent books by alumni.
Gayla Brooks Kokel (’69) co-wrote Oak Cliff (Arcadia Publishing), which tells the history of the Dallas community through more
than 200 vintage and recent photographs. Included are some famous former North Texas
students who were graduates of Oak Cliff’s Adamson High School: singers Michael Martin
Murphey and Ray Wylie Hubbard and Grammy-winning opera tenor Hank Price (’69). UNT
at Dallas also gets a mention.
In The Ticket Full Disclosure: The Completely True Story of the Marconi-winning Little
Ticket, a.k.a., The Station That Got Your Mom to Say “Stay Hard” (BenBella Books), Scott Boyter (’93) covers the history and the personalities of the Dallas-Fort Worth sports radio
station, which is celebrating 15 years on the air. George Dunham (’88) and Craig
Miller (’88), who met as freshmen in West Hall, lead the station’s morning show.