Charles O. Onstead (’47), Houston :: He met his wife, the late Jo Ann Park Onstead (’44), namesake of Jody’s Fountain, at North Texas and finished his degree after serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. While completing a medical degree at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, he returned to active duty in the U.S. Army. He worked at Brooke Army Hospital, built and ran the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit in Landstuhl, Germany, and served as commanding officer of a medical battalion and a field hospital in Vietnam. He was chief of radiology at Brooke when he retired as a full colonel at age 48, then practiced as a radiologist in South Carolina until his retirement at 70. His decorations included the National Defense Medal with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster and a Bronze Star. Jody’s Fountain and Onstead Plaza and Promenade were funded by the Onstead family. The late Robert ‘Bob’ Onstead (’54) was Charles’ brother. Memorials may be made to the Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design Fund at UNT.
Charles O. Onstead (’47), Houston :: He met his wife, the late Jo Ann Park Onstead (’44), namesake of Jody’s Fountain, at North Texas and finished his degree after serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. While completing a medical degree at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, he returned to active duty in the U.S. Army. He worked at Brooke Army Hospital, built and ran the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit in Landstuhl, Germany, and served as commanding officer of a medical battalion and a field hospital in Vietnam. He was chief of radiology at Brooke when he retired as a full colonel at age 48, then practiced as a radiologist in South Carolina until his retirement at 70. His decorations included the National Defense Medal with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster and a Bronze Star. Jody’s Fountain and Onstead Plaza and Promenade were funded by the Onstead family. The late Robert ‘Bob’ Onstead (’54) was Charles’ brother. Memorials may be made to the Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design Fund at UNT.
