Charles A Micek (’50), Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. :: He earned his degree in mathematics and worked in aerospace engineering in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Utah and California. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sarah M. Abel Micek (’51).

David Earl George (’86), Springdale, Ark. He earned a degree in business computer information systems from North Texas and was an information technician for University Airlines in Bentonville, Ark.

Jean Dillard Worsham (’48) :: For more than 30 years, she taught Spanish in Abilene and Austin and taught English as a second language at the Texas Intensive English Program. As a young teacher, she spent her summers traveling and studying in Europe and Mexico. After retiring, she continued to pursue learning and education through Great Books groups and Lifetime Learning classes.

John David Monroe, Argyle. He attended North Texas from 1955 to 1959 and was a long-time real estate agent, investor and rancher in the Sivells Bend area. He donated land north of Gainesville to help create UNT’s Monroe Robotic Observatory, which can be remotely operated from the Denton campus.

Milton L. Martin (’33), Palo Alto, Calif. He entered North Texas on a scholarship at age 15, studying art under Cora Stafford, and later studied in New York at the Art Students League and in Paris. He worked for Walt Disney in the animation department, specifically on the development and animation of the film Fantasia. In the late ’40s and ’50s, he was an art director for several San Francisco advertising agencies. He earned his master’s degree at San Francisco University in 1960 and taught fifth grade for 16 years. After retiring, he tutored students in English, building friendships in China, Japan and Korea and tutoring until his death at age 94.

Velma Rogers Gerding (’36), Amarillo. At North Texas, she was the editor of the literary magazine Avesta. She taught music in the Wichita Falls public schools for four years and in the Denton public schools for 23 years. She was married to the late J.L. Gerding (’46, ’47 M.A.), professor of foreign languages at North Texas for 30 years. She is survived by her sister, Virginia ‘Ginger’ Rogers Swanson, who attended North Texas from 1940 to 1942.

William Michael Childress (’78 M.S.), Denver, Colo. He earned his Ph.D. in bioengineering at Texas A&M in 1993 and was the co-developer of the Ecological Dynamics Simulation model, which has been applied at 35 locations in the United States, Australia and Indonesia. He most recently worked as a modeler and aquatic ecologist with KS2 Ecological Field Services LLC and was also a nature photographer and writer, founding Montague Media to share his visions and ideas. Other North Texas alumni in his family included his father, William Patrick Childress (’62); mother, Marilyn Jones Childress Mills, who attended from 1945 to 1948; and grandfather, William Olin Childress, who was a freshman in 1909.

Charles L. Shepard Jr. (’56), Princeton. A four-year football letterman at North Texas from 1951 to 1955, he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts and played for the Pittsburgh Steelers before going on to success in the Canadian Football League. He was a fullback and punter with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1957 to 1962 and was named MVP of the 1959 Grey Cup championship game. He was a member of the Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame and in 2005 was inducted into the UNT Athletic Hall of Fame.

Rose Marie Culver Bennett (’61), Emporia, Kan. She was an elementary school teacher in Kansas City for three years before she married. She was a Reach to Recovery volunteer for 14 years and a member of the Emporia Recreation Commission for 10 years. She also was an avid golfer, twice winning the Kansas Women’s Golf Association nine-hole state tournament.

Murphy B. Daniels (’64), Dallas. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from North Texas with minors in chemistry and math. He was a member of the Trailblazers, an alumni organization including the university’s earliest African American students.