Cecil Adkins, 83, Professor Emeritus of music who served on the musicology faculty from 1963 to 2000, died Nov. 4 in Denton. He founded UNT’s early music program and was named a Regents Professor and a Toulouse Scholar. He and his wife, Alis Dickinson (’73 Ph.D.), who also was on the music faculty, edited Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology for 30 years and collaborated on other publications. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Many of his eight children are musicians he instructed who performed as the Adkins String Ensemble. The family received the College of Music’s Honored Alumni Award in 2013. In addition to his wife, survivors include children Alexandra (’96), Anthony (’93, ’08 M.B.A., M.S.), Christopher (’80), Madeline (’98) and Clare Cason (’91). Memorials may be made to the Adkins-Dickinson String Scholarship at UNT.
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Cecil Adkins, 83, Professor Emeritus of music who served on the musicology faculty from 1963 to 2000, died Nov. 4 in Denton. He founded UNT’s early music program and was named a Regents Professor and a Toulouse Scholar. He and his wife, Alis Dickinson (’73 Ph.D.), who also was on the music faculty, edited Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology for 30 years and collaborated on other publications. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Many of his eight children are musicians he instructed who performed as the Adkins String Ensemble. The family received the College of Music’s Honored Alumni Award in 2013. In addition to his wife, survivors include children Alexandra (’96), Anthony (’93, ’08 M.B.A., M.S.), Christopher (’80), Madeline (’98) and Clare Cason (’91). Memorials may be made to the Adkins-Dickinson String Scholarship at UNT.
