Fred W. Tanner Jr., 91, of Brenham, Professor Emeritus of elementary education, died Nov. 3. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Morehead State College in Morehead, Kentucky, worked as a teacher and principal when he was in his 20s, then received his doctorate in education from Indiana University. He taught at Georgetown College in Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University and Northwestern State University in Louisiana before coming to UNT, where he worked from 1968 to 1987. Inner-city school teaching was one of his areas of research. He spent his retirement traveling and living in Colorado and Sun City, Texas.
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Fred W. Tanner Jr., 91, of Brenham, Professor Emeritus of elementary education, died Nov. 3. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Morehead State College in Morehead, Kentucky, worked as a teacher and principal when he was in his 20s, then received his doctorate in education from Indiana University. He taught at Georgetown College in Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky State University and Northwestern State University in Louisiana before coming to UNT, where he worked from 1968 to 1987. Inner-city school teaching was one of his areas of research. He spent his retirement traveling and living in Colorado and Sun City, Texas.
