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1940s

DAVID COMPTON (’49 M.S.), Athens, Georgia. He taught chemistry at West Texas A&M University, Colorado School of Mines and Prescott College. He wrote NASA’s ofcial history of Skylab in 1974 and one of the Apollo histories at Johnson Space Center’s History Ofce, as well as the chapter on NASA and space sciences in 100 Years of Science and Technology in Texas in 1986. He was a writer/editor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory until he retired in 1993. He met his wife, the late Jane Walker (’50), at North Texas.

1950s

BILLY MAXWELL, Jacksonville, Florida. The golfer played on three of North Texas’ national collegiate championship teams in the 1950s and captured the 1951 U.S. Amateur title. He won seven PGA championships from 1955 to 1962. He retired in the early 1970s and began operating Hyde Park Golf Club in 1971 in Jacksonville. He was inducted into the UNT Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1982. He was married to Mary Maxwell (’59), who died in 1999.

PAULINE ROBERTS ANTHONY (’54, ’70 M.M.E.), Dallas. She taught public school music and piano in Grand Prairie before moving to Quitman, where she and her husband, James (’52, ’55 M.M.E.), owned a title company. She was an avid wildfower identifer, bird watcher and traveler.

MILES ALLEN RUTHERFORD (’54), Sugar Land. While at North Texas, he was a member of the Marketing Club and was a founding member of the Delta Epsilon chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity. Miles worked as a CPA for accounting frms in Houston.

MILLY MARILYN BRACK (’56), Gladewater. She met the love of her life, the late Albert Foster Brack (’57), while at North Texas. They lived in the Bryan/ College Station area, where Al was a dentist and Milly was a sixth grade math teacher for Bryan ISD. After she retired, Milly continued to follow the growth of her alma mater while playing a mean game of bridge with her friends.

LOUISE ABT CLAY (’56), Liberty. She served at Texas Instruments as a computer programmer, worked at Halliburton in Houston and also owned her own business, Animal Inn, for 25 years. The mother of a child with special needs, she was active in organizations that helped supported living centers.

ELTON ‘TONY’ E. CLARK (’57), Sherman. After graduating with a degree in marketing, he was commissioned as an ofcer in the U.S. Air Force and worked for Pacifc Mutual Finance in Denver. He returned to his hometown of Sherman to work for his family’s business, Clark Equipment Company, for 30 years.

FORREST WATSON (’57, ’61 M.Ed., ’72 Ed.D.), Keller. While at North Texas, he was a Geezle. He taught school and was a principal and superintendent while earning master’s and doctoral degrees. He was the youngest superintendent in Texas schools at age 27 and created innovative practices in strategic planning and technology that earned him the nickname “father of modern school fnance.”

RONNIE TUTT, Franklin, Tennessee. He played drums for Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Jerry Garcia, Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks and other legendary musicians. His work can be heard on such albums as Billy Joel’s Piano Man, Gram Parsons’ Grievous Angel and Elvis Costello’s King of America. He attended UNT from 1956 to 1959.

1960s

RAYMOND CLEMENT (’61, ’61 M.Ed.), Bowie. He was a member of the historymaking 1956 North Texas football team that was the frst to integrate. He also met his wife, Deloris Fleming (’61), here. He served in the National Guard during the Vietnam War and went on to have a 40-year career as an educator and coach for the Bowie Jackrabbits.

FRANKLIN RUSSELL SNOW (’62), Pampa. As a student at North Texas, he ran on the track team under Winton “Pop” Noah and joined the Geezles. After graduating with an administrative management degree, he worked in the oil industry as a technical advisor and administrator and was a private consultant until his retirement in 2016.

LEILA JAYNES MEACHAM (’63), San helping people as a law enforcement biking. He was preceded in death by his Antonio. She was the author of several ofcer for 22 years, and was a mem- paternal grandfather, Glen Goode (’55). New York Times bestselling books, ber of the Golden Crescent Regional Survivors include his paternal grandincluding Roses, Tumbleweeds, Somerset Planning Commission and a volunteer mother, Barbara Goode (’55). and Dragonfy. Meacham worked as a for Habitat for Humanity. He also was high school English teacher, where she an avid sports fan and supporter of

2020s

frst dabbled in writing romance books. anything UNT. After she retired, she took up writing

RACHEL BARSIS, San Antonio. She was “when I ran out of all the things I waited TERRY L. CHILDERS (’76 M.P.A.), pursuing a second degree in criminal to do until retirement.” Abilene. He was the frst Black city justice in the College of Health and manager in the state of Texas when he Public Service. She was passionate

LYNNA KAY COUNTS (’66), Dallas. served as city administrator for the city about helping others with her service She taught speech, drama and English of Celina. He also was the frst Black dog, Harley, by her side. at El Paso and Dallas schools. She city manager and, at 34, one of the was named the 1971 National Speech nation’s youngest city managers for

JENNIFER HESTAND, Dallas. She was Teacher of the Year for the Southern Oklahoma City. He also worked for the working on her dissertation for her docSpeech Teachers Association. While at cities of Austin, Tyler, College Station torate in higher education. She worked North Texas, she was a member of the and Amarillo. He founded and headed as an instructor for Texas Woman’s National Theater Honor Society, Alpha Childers Construction Co. He attended University and Texas Wesleyan UniverPsi Omega. North Texas as a Clarence E. Ridley sity and had published articles for two Scholar, sponsored by the Texas City medical journals.

GEORGE UTLEY (’67), Ellinwood, Management Association. Kansas. He had a career in oil and gas

DAVID JARA, Dallas. He was a senior exploration. At North Texas, he was

RONALD JAY REDDEN (’76), Kingwood. taking courses in Frisco and in the G. a lineman for the football team and a While at North Texas, he was an ofcer Brint Ryan College of Business. He was member of the Geezles, the fraternity in Kappa Sigma fraternity, Inter-frater- a veteran of the U.S. Marines. that helped fund the Spiriki statue at nity Council President and twice NTSU UNT Apogee Stadium. Greek of the Year. Ron was known as a

KIARA PARGUIAN, Rowlett. She was trailblazer in dental anesthesiology. He a junior recreation, event and sport headed the University of Texas Dental management major in the College of Branch Section of Anesthesiology and Education. She was known for her love PAUL HAMM (’70), Dallas. He was an served as a staf anesthesiologist at LBJ of football and always enjoyed the little educator and administrator in Rockwall General Hospital. In 1997, he founded things in life.

ISD until his retirement in 2005, and a private practice in dental anesthesia worked as a substitute teacher until in Houston. Ron was honored as an

JUSTIN SOLOMON, Princeton. He 2015. Paul served in the U.S. Navy in Outstanding Alumni in the UNT Depart- was enrolled in the Toulouse Graduate the mid-1960s, working on the fight ment of Biological Sciences. He was School. He was a third-grade teacher at deck of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin a lifetime member of the UNT Alumni McSpedden Elementary School in FrisD. Roosevelt. He was a volunteer, a Association. co. He loved having fun with his family, musician, a writer and an avid traveler including serving as the “resident narrawho visited all 50 states.

MARY ADELLA STANTON (’79 M.L.S.), tor” for game nights.

Katy. She spent most of her career

DON LOUIS KNIGHTSTEP (’70), Plano. working in libraries in Houston. She

TYLER THURMAN, Grapevine. He Over his 35-year career at Texas Instru- also received a Learning Resources was a junior graphic design major in ments, Don held multiple managerial Endorsement from North Texas. the College of Visual Arts and Design. positions and retired in 2002 as the He was known for his love of drawing, producibility and fabrication manager.

2010s video games and everything Marvel and Don married his college sweetheart, he had a presence that could light up Stacy Lee Underwood (’65), in 1965.

DANIEL GOODE (’17), Oak Point. He the room. earned his bachelor’s degree in psyGEORGE ‘JOE’ V. ATKINSON JR. (’76), chology with a minor in Italian. Daniel Victoria. He spent his entire adult life was a Dallas Stars fan and enjoyed rock climbing, reading and mountain