Elinor Hughes, 88, of Denton, who was the director of the mini-course program and the Center for Continuing Education and Conference Management in her 21 years at UNT, died Dec. 16. She also served as the coordinator for UNT’s Education Opportunity Center, manager of the Inmate Rehabilitation Program and coordinator of the Elderhostel Program. She retired in 1994 and received a special recognition award for her contributions to CCECM. She served on the Denton City Council for two terms and served as Denton’s first woman mayor in 1976 and 1977. She was the pioneer of the idea that led to Serve Denton, a one-stop center for human services. Survivors include her sons Robert (’84 M.S.) and David (’89). Her husband, the late Bob Hughes, was a faculty member in UNT’s English department.