David W. Hartman, 78, a Professor Emeritus who served as dean for the then-called College of Public Affairs and Community Service, died Dec. 30 in Wichita, Kansas. He worked at UNT from 1992 to 2013, serving as an anthropology professor and associate dean of the School of Community Service -- which under his leadership became the College of Public Affairs and Community Service and is today the College of Health and Public Service. While serving as dean from 1998 to 2006, he instituted new majors, oversaw growth of academic programs, worked to increase research and service collaborations with the community, and established scholarships that expanded diversity. He also helped develop online learning and the first addiction studies minor at a four-year university, and he established international academic programs for sociology and anthropology in Jerusalem, Israel and Mazamitla, Mexico. David received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in anthropology from Wichita State University and his doctorate in urban anthropology from Wayne State University, and taught at Wayne State and Virginia Commonwealth University before coming to North Texas. Memorial gifts may be given to the Libertad Hernandez Landa Scholarship that David established at UNT.
David W. Hartman, 78, a Professor Emeritus who served as dean for the then-called College of Public Affairs and Community Service, died Dec. 30 in Wichita, Kansas. He worked at UNT from 1992 to 2013, serving as an anthropology professor and associate dean of the School of Community Service -- which under his leadership became the College of Public Affairs and Community Service and is today the College of Health and Public Service. While serving as dean from 1998 to 2006, he instituted new majors, oversaw growth of academic programs, worked to increase research and service collaborations with the community, and established scholarships that expanded diversity. He also helped develop online learning and the first addiction studies minor at a four-year university, and he established international academic programs for sociology and anthropology in Jerusalem, Israel and Mazamitla, Mexico. David received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in anthropology from Wichita State University and his doctorate in urban anthropology from Wayne State University, and taught at Wayne State and Virginia Commonwealth University before coming to North Texas. Memorial gifts may be given to the Libertad Hernandez Landa Scholarship that David established at UNT.
