<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/bertrand-howard-batiste.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/29/2019 3:04:00 pm</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Bertrand</firstname><middlename>Howard</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Batiste</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'15</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Bertrand Howard Batiste</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Bertrand Howard "Randy" Batiste (’15 M.S.), Dallas. He worked as assistant director of Student AccessAbility at UT-Dallas, and was known for championing campus accessibility for people with disabilities. He was paraplegic, but friends noted he never complained about his own disability.</main-content></item>