Don Rives

Submitted By jev0010 on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 1:55pm
Don L. Rives (’56), 80, a former member of UNT’s Board of Regents, died March 27 in Austin. He served as the assistant district attorney for Harrison County in 1959, specializing in real estate and probate law. As a member of the Constitutional Revision Committee of Texas, he was appointed to help rewrite the Texas State Constitution. In 1974, he moved to Austin to serve as executive assistant to Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby. He returned to his alma mater when Gov. Ann Richards appointed him to serve on UNT’s Board of Regents from 1992 to 1997. He later served on the UNT Athletic Council. He graduated from North Texas summa cum laude with a double major in government and history and earned his juris doctor from the University of Texas Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1959.

Don L. Rives (’56), 80, a former member of UNT’s Board of Regents, died March 27 in Austin. He served as the assistant district attorney for Harrison County in 1959, specializing in real estate and probate law. As a member of the Constitutional Revision Committee of Texas, he was appointed to help rewrite the Texas State Constitution. In 1974, he moved to Austin to serve as executive assistant to Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby.

He returned to his alma mater when Gov. Ann Richards appointed him to serve on UNT’s Board of Regents from 1992 to 1997. He later served on the UNT Athletic Council. He graduated from North Texas summa cum laude with a double major in government and history and earned his juris doctor from the University of Texas Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1959.

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