I have produced publications like The North Texan, and know fully how much work is involved. So I want to thank you for keeping me up to date on old friends and my former department: Journalism.

The past issue mentioned friends and colleagues like Eldon Sonnenburg and his wife Ruth, Barbara Colegrove, Neal Tate and Bob Lynch.

My days at UNT began in the summer of 1946, as a junior transfer. Cecil Shuford was the head of journalism and worked our tails off.

I earned two degrees from North Texas, and after earning a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, I joined the North Texas faculty in June 1964.

I served as director of news and publications for two years, then began full-time teaching. It was my privilege and pleasure to help set up the journalism graduate program and to direct that program before becoming department chair, a position I held for about 12 years. During that time, we were able to get the entire department nationally accredited, making UNT the only school in the state with a nationally accredited professional master’s program (other universities had master’s work more academic in nature, while we had both).

All told, my career has been full of hard work but also very rewarding. I still miss the students so much. Thank you again for keeping me in touch with my old school and precious friends.

Reg Westmoreland (’47, ’56 M.A.)
UNT Professor Emeritus