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.
Submitted By jev0010 on Mon, 06/15/2015 - 12:47pm
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.
