<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/alexander-pickens.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/29/2018 03:42:00 PM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>Alexander</firstname><middlename>L.</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Pickens</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'52</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed>M.A.</degree-program-completed><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Alexander Pickens</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Alexander L. Pickens (’52 M.A.), Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he had taught art education and served as assistant to the dean for college development. He earned a doctorate from Columbia University and taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Georgia before moving to Hawaii in 1962. He was a philanthropist who continued to raise money for scholarships and endowments until his retirement in 2001. He also was a generous supporter of UNT, belonging to the 1890 Society and the Chilton Society. He was married to Frances Pickens ( ’48, ’54 M.A.).</main-content></item>