Alumni

Karen Schurig

Karen Gentry Schurig (’57, ’62 M.M.E.), Mill Valley, Calif. At North Texas, she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, a cheerleader and a Yucca Beauty. She taught piano lessons from her home studio for many years and returned to school in her 50s to study computers. After her daughter’s traumatic brain injury, she founded the Marin Brain Injury Network in 1983, a support group for TBI survivors and their families.

Mary Daughety

Mary Margaret Daughety (’58, ’64 M.Ed.), Linden. She taught for 30 years in Longview, Richardson, and for U.S. Air Force schools in Newfoundland, England and France. She received the Ross Perot Excellence in Teaching Award and was named 2008 Citizen of the Year for the city of Linden. At North Texas, she was a Green Jacket.

Horton Bunch

Horton R. Bunch (’59), Brownsboro. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe and worked for GMAC in Tyler for 33 years as a credit supervisor. Well known for his tenor solo voice, he sang for 40 years in the Tyler Chamber Chorale and was a longtime member of the barbershop quartet Yesterday’s Mail. He was an active member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and enjoyed attending Mean Green games with his family.

George Burlage

George E. Burlage (’60, ’69 M.A.), Denton. In the U.S. Marine Corps for 20 years, he was a prisoner of war during World War II, captured at Corregidor, and served as a correspondent in the Korean War. At North Texas, he worked on the Campus Chat, earning his bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in political science. He retired from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1983. He was a member of the UNT President’s Council and established the Burlage Family Scholarship. For more information about memorials to the scholarship, call (940) 565-2342 or e-mail stan.walker@unt.edu.

Jerry Miller

Jerry Wayne Miller (’62, ’66 M.Ed.), Dallas. He was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity at North Texas. He served 41 years in the Richardson ISD in various positions, including science teacher and coach, principal and assistant and area superintendent. As the first varsity baseball coach at Lake Highlands High School, he led the team to three district championships. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Landers Miller (’65, ’68 M.Ed.).

Mary Beth Ener

Mary Beth Beard Ener (’67), Clear Lake. At North Texas, she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority and the Green Jackets. She worked in real estate for 30 years and had lived in Japan, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina through the course of her late husband’s military career.

James Cook

James E. Cook (’68), Maryville, Tenn. He was employed as an accountant at Phillips Petroleum Co. in Bartlesville, Okla., for 31 years, retiring in 1999.

LaVera Gardner

LaVera B. Gardner (’70 M.Ed.), Dallas. She worked for the Dallas ISD for 23 years as an elementary school teacher, vice principal and principal before retiring in 1980. She later served as director of Mom’s Day Out, a preschool program at East Dallas Christian Church.

Billy Langley Sr.

Billy Charles Langley Sr. (’70), Weatherford. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and taught at Tarrant County Community College for more than 10 years. He wrote 24 books on heating, ventilation and air conditioning and was an avid traveler, camper, actor and model.

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