John Kamerick

John J. Kamerick, 95, president of North Texas from 1968 to 1970, died April 13 in Sarasota, Fla. He was a strong proponent of faculty governance policies and was instrumental in establishing the Faculty Senate with substantial policy-making authority. He also instituted some of North Texas’ first black history courses, paved the way for a campus chapter of the NAACP and hired the university’s first black administrator. Kamerick spoke passionately during his tenure about the university’s need to add high-quality graduate programs while ensuring undergraduate programs continued to improve. He left to become president of the University of Northern Iowa. He received a bachelor’s degree from St. Ambrose University and earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.

John J. Kamerick, 95, president of North Texas from 1968 to 1970, died April 13 in Sarasota, Fla. He was a strong proponent of faculty governance policies and was instrumental in establishing the Faculty Senate with substantial policy-making authority. He also instituted some of North Texas’ first black history courses, paved the way for a campus chapter of the NAACP and hired the university’s first black administrator. Kamerick spoke passionately during his tenure about the university’s need to add high-quality graduate programs while ensuring undergraduate programs continued to improve. He left to become president of the University of Northern Iowa. He received a bachelor’s degree from St. Ambrose University and earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.