Harve D. King, Austin, one of UNT’s pioneer African American administrators, who worked at North Texas from 1969 to 1986, died Jan. 26. He came to North Texas as assistant dean of students and was appointed associate dean in 1983. Well known on campus for his efforts to encourage and support students, he was affectionately called “Mean Dean King.” He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in New Guinea and the Northern Solomon Islands. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Texas College in Marshall and a master’s in education from Prairie View A&M College. King also earned a certificate in educational administration from Teachers College of Columbia University and completed additional courses at the University of Texas at Austin and Southwest Texas State College. Before joining North Texas, he was an assistant principal and principal within Smith County Public Schools and the Austin ISD. He worked for the Texas Educational Foundation Gary Job Corps in San Marcos from 1967 to 1969. In a 2001 Dallas Morning News profile, he said he’d like his epitaph to read, “Life has been good to me.” His interview in the UNT oral history collection is online at http:://www.unt.edu/50yearsofprogress/oralhistory/kingh.htm.
Harve D. King, Austin, one of UNT’s pioneer African American administrators, who worked at North Texas from 1969 to 1986, died Jan. 26. He came to North Texas as assistant dean of students and was appointed associate dean in 1983. Well known on campus for his efforts to encourage and support students, he was affectionately called “Mean Dean King.” He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in New Guinea and the Northern Solomon Islands. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Texas College in Marshall and a master’s in education from Prairie View A&M College. King also earned a certificate in educational administration from Teachers College of Columbia University and completed additional courses at the University of Texas at Austin and Southwest Texas State College. Before joining North Texas, he was an assistant principal and principal within Smith County Public Schools and the Austin ISD. He worked for the Texas Educational Foundation Gary Job Corps in San Marcos from 1967 to 1969. In a 2001 Dallas Morning News profile, he said he’d like his epitaph to read, “Life has been good to me.” His interview in the UNT oral history collection is online at http:://www.unt.edu/50yearsofprogress/oralhistory/kingh.htm.
