Robert L. Clinton (’48, ’50 M.M.), Austin. He served in the U.S. Air Force flying P-47s during World War II. He was founding president of Western Texas College in Snyder in 1971, and became executive director of the Texas Public Community College Association in 1981. He worked as a choir director, principal and superintendent in Texas schools over the years. He is survived by his wife, Wanda (’48).

Margaret June Bryan Whitaker (’49), Houston. She taught school in Texas, Louisiana and Wyoming before leaving to raise her family. She was an avid reader and was especially interested in history.

James L. Steele (’50, ’56 M.S.), Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later served on the U.S.S. Wasp as a signalman. He taught physical education for 39 years in the Dallas ISD. After retirement, he and his wife moved to Canada.

Clara Schafer Porter (’52), Corpus Christi. She taught in Fort Worth and Weatherford and for 25 years in the Corpus Christi ISD. She volunteered at Driscoll Children’s Hospital and loved teaching fourth-graders, reading, traveling, and line and square dancing. Survivors include her husband, Alfred Porter (’51, ’53 M.Ed.); sister, Betty Schafer Hurst (’50); and cousin, Rennell Royce Farr (’55).

Bert Fleetwood Dimock Jr. (’53), Springtown. He served two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked for several seismograph companies, Bell Helicopter, LTV, RCA, Collins Radio Co. He retired from General Dynamics as a chief in logistics in 1990. He also had co-owned a weekly newspaper, FM radio station and RV park with his brothers. He was interested in genealogy and Texas history and was a member of the Texas Folklore Society and the Southwestern Historical Society.

Betty Price Anderson (’54), Lubbock. She was known as a tireless advocate for social justice, once serving on the boards of 35 organizations at one time. Many of them she helped found, such as the South Plains Food Bank, Lubbock Women’s Protective Services and Lubbock Rape Crisis Center. She also served on state committees for the welfare of children, women, the elderly and people with disabilities. She was a past state president of the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women. She earned a master’s degree from Texas Tech.

Temple S. Carpenter Jr. (’55), Longview. He joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and Japan, as well as the U.S. After retiring as a traffic manager, he earned a master’s in adult education from Troy State University in Alabama and was a cattle rancher for several years.

Mike Houston Murphy (’55), McKinney. After graduating, he served in the Marine Corps for three years. He worked for Tenneco Oil Co. as a petroleum landman, and then moved to Dallas where he worked for several oil and gas companies before retiring. He was married to the late Connie Kraft Murphy (’54).

Rodney David Hargrave Jr. (’56), Dallas. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Texas.

Robert Wallace Rober (’56, ’60 M.M.), Arlington. A member of the One O’Clock Lab Band under the late Gene Hall (’41, ’44 M.A.), he was a band director in the Arlington ISD for 30 years, teaching at Ousley Junior High School and Sam Houston High School. He retired in 1987 and pursued his love of gardening. Survivors include his wife, Marcia Snodgrass Rober (’56, M.M.E. '62).