<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/james-pete-king.html" dsn="news"><item_date>09/23/2020 12:06:00 PM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>James</firstname><middlename>'Pete'</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>King</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'58</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>James 'Pete' King</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      James ‘Pete’ King (’58), Dallas. He graduated from Irving High School as valedictorian, then played basketball on a scholarship for North Texas, where he got to play against future NBA legend Oscar Robertson. In 1962, he graduated with a D.D.S. degree from Baylor College of Dentistry. Pete then joined the U.S. Army and retired in 1964 with the rank of captain. He started a practice in dentistry in Irving and became a member of the American Dental Association, the Rotary Club of Irving and his church.
    

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