William 'Bill' Booth Warde Jr., Denton, associate professor of English at North Texas from 1965 to 2005, died Oct. 29. He was the director of the University Writing Center from its inception as the Student Use of English program in 1978 until he retired in 2005. He was a member of the Faculty Senate and also held leadership positions with the South-Central Modern Language Association and the Southern Humanities Conference. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Arkansas. He also was an artist and sculptor who often used found objects and humor in his work. In a 2001 North Texan profile, Warde said, “Since we walk this path but once, let’s squeeze the most we can out of it.”