MILDRED ‘MILLIE’ GILES (’70 M.F.A.), 69, of Denton, a former faculty member in the College of Visual Arts and Design, died Nov. 26. She taught at UNT from 1987 until her retirement in 2013, and served as coordinator of the watercolor concentration. She donated several gifts to CVAD and established the Rob Erdle Watercolor Painting Scholarship, named after her late husband, art professor Robert Erdle. She served as a critic for the VAST Painters of Denton as well as a director of the Chautauqua Art Association Galleries in New York. She was the co-owner of Watercolor World Wide Inc. After retiring, she volunteered for the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity. She helped design Denton’s 30-foot steel 9/11 Firefighters Memorial Bell Tower, which she considered her greatest honor.
MILDRED ‘MILLIE’ GILES (’70 M.F.A.), 69, of Denton, a former faculty member in the College of Visual Arts and Design, died Nov. 26. She taught at UNT from 1987 until her retirement in 2013, and served as coordinator of the watercolor concentration. She donated several gifts to CVAD and established the Rob Erdle Watercolor Painting Scholarship, named after her late husband, art professor Robert Erdle. She served as a critic for the VAST Painters of Denton as well as a director of the Chautauqua Art Association Galleries in New York. She was the co-owner of Watercolor World Wide Inc. After retiring, she volunteered for the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity. She helped design Denton’s 30-foot steel 9/11 Firefighters Memorial Bell Tower, which she considered her greatest honor.
