03/22/2011 4:53:00 pmObituaryThomasRobertAustin'89,Alumni'91 M.S.obituaryAlumniThomas Robert Austin (’89, ’91 M.S.), Seattle, Wash. He held a variety of jobs, including serving as tax assessor for Nye County, Nev., until deciding to become a librarian and specialize in law. He began his library career at the Dallas firm of Hughes & Luce as a graduate student and was hired as an assistant law librarian. In 1995, he became library manager for the firm’s Texas offices and stayed on through its absorption by K&L Gates until his death. His family says he was a world-class amateur chef and sports fan who relished rock and roll, Italian loafers, relaxing over a good World War II history, the works of Dan Jenkins, Hunter S. Thompson and the Denton Record-Chronicle police blotter.