Ray McAlister (’60 M.B.A.), 81, Professor Emeritus of marketing, of Coppell, died Aug. 10 in Lewisville. After graduating with a B.B.A. from Harding University and master's degree in marketing from North Texas, he earned a Ph.D. in marketing and credit management from Ohio State University in 1963. He worked at UNT from 1963 to 2005 and was named a Regents Professor in 1994. He had consulted for numerous companies and retail trade associations on matters related to consumer credit, and he shared his research and analyses of proposed consumer credit regulations at state and federal legislative hearings across the country. He was known as “Daddy Ray” to friends and family.