Dorothy Byrd, Denton, former assistant dean of the School of Community Service who served as director of the University Center for Community Services, died Feb. 25 in Denton. She joined the center in 1968 and served as program director before becoming director in 1970. She is considered the mother of the Texas Municipal Clerks Certification Program, serving as director of that program and of the clerks’ association from 1968 to 1993, when she retired as director emerita. Byrd received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from Texas Woman’s University and did further graduate study in management and organization theory at North Texas.