Hugh Parmer
(’86 MA, Political Science) 80, May 27, Fort Worth, Texas. Parmer became the youngest legislator in the Texas House of Representatives (1964-65) at age 23. He served as Fort Worth mayor (1977-79) and in the Texas Senate (1983-91). In 1988, at age 49, Parmer took and passed the State Bar Exam without attending law school under an old state law permitting the substitution of years of legislative service for law school hours. He served as director of the Humanitarian Response Bureau of the Agency for International Development during the Clinton administration and president of the nonprofit American Refugee Committee.
Alumni
1940s
Frances Faye Wadley Bondurant 95, Oct. 28, Arlington, Texas.
Ernest Schattel (’47) 97, Aug. 22, Roscoe, Texas.
Jake Cook (’48) 90, Sept. 23, Fort Worth, Texas.
1950s
Rosalie Risinger Beeman (’57 AS, Education) 83, Oct. 2, Fort Worth, Texas.
1960s
James “Jim” Paul Brooks (’61 BBA) 87, Sept. 22, Houston, Texas.
Grover Livingston (’61 BS, Mathematics) 85, April 18, Dallas, Texas.
Jesse “Jess” Aaron Holloway (’63 BBA) 79, Sept. 12, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Charlie Dan Dickerson III (’64 BA, Business) 79, May 9, Anson, Texas.
Weldon Ray Bryant (’65 BS, Biology) 76, Sept. 9, Fort Worth, Texas.
Gary Wayne McVean (’65 BA, Psychology) 78, June 27, Durango, Colorado.
Aubrey Clay Houston (’66 BS, Electrical Engineering) 92, May 6, Lakeland, Florida.
Ronald Eugene “Ron” Bolton (’67 BA, Psychology) 75, June 23, Goddard, Kansas.
Clarence Frank Cope (’67 BS, Geology) 80, June 18, Dallas, Texas.
Billie Sue Shelton Fields (’67 BA, English) 75, May 1, North Richland Hills, Texas.
Michael Don Gaston (’67 BBA, Economics) 76, June 15, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jack Kilpatric (’67, BS, Chemistry/Biology) 80, July 31, Lampasas, Texas.
Madison “Matty” William Reed Jr. (’67 MS, Mechanical Engineering) 84, June 7, Granbury, Texas.
Mark Lamkin (’68 BA, History) 77, Sept. 12, Southlake, Texas.
Jerry Lee Haley (’69 BS, Chemistry) 78, May 24, Lubbock, Texas.
1970s
Ed Fuller (’71 BS, Architecture) 76, May 3, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jack Gordon Parkhurst (’71 BFA, Art) 80, July 24, Mansfield, Texas.
Deborah Lynn Crayton Watterson (’71 BA, French) 71, July 4, Arlington, Texas.
David Merle Bailey (’72 MS, Biology/Chemistry) 72, May 10, Pantego, Texas.
Beverly Brand Blumenthal (’72 MSW) 88, Aug. 29, Dallas, Texas.
William Lee “Bill” Guerry (’72 BBA) 75, Nov. 1, Arlington, Texas.
Charles Fred Doughty (’73 BS, Mechanical Engineering) 76, Aug. 12, Springtown, Texas.
Roy Richard Merrill (’73 BBA, Business Administration) 73, April 11, Reston, Virginia.
Loyd “Cotton” Culwell (’75 BS, Engineering) 82, Sept. 25, Fort Worth, Texas.
Emily Perrin Rider (’75 BSN) 66, July 29, Lubbock, Texas.
Earl Preston “Buddy” Spiegel Jr. (’75 MA, History) 72, May 30, Arlington, Texas.
Olive Ann “Bansy” Tuttle Johnson (’76 BM) 91, April 6, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Doak Meador (’76 BBA, Accounting) 70, June 3, North Richland Hills, Texas.
Scott Edward Willingham (’76 BBA) 66, Aug. 13, Fort Worth, Texas.
Danny Schwartz (’77 BA, Sociology) 70, Sept. 4, Pantego, Texas.
Ralph Mowry Seeley (’77 BS, Accounting) 74, Oct. 22, Coppell, Texas.
Larry D. Barton (’78 BS, Criminal Justice) 73, May 3, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Helen Boyer (’78 BSN) 87, May 12, Fort Worth, Texas.
Dequita Jan Brent (’79 BS, Criminal Justice) 63, May 11, Katy, Texas .
1980s
E. Robert Hrncir (’80 BS, Mechanical Engineering) 63, Sept. 21, Dallas, Texas.
Joan Buck Neves (’80 MA, Accounting) 69, Aug. 3, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Hellen Marie Day Smith (’80 BSW) 85, Sept. 30, Whitney, Texas.
Mary Alice Arrington Camp (’81 BA, Communication) 73, July 31, Arlington, Texas.
Darrel Rogers Cox (’81 BS, Economics) 68, Aug. 3, Ridgway, Colorado.
Gloria L. Hazel (’83 BFA, Art) 95, July 24, San Antonio, Texas .
Jeffry Albert Petruy (’83 BBA, Finance) 59, Sept. 8, Pasadena, Maryland.
Carolyn Jeanne Barnes (’87 BA, Speech) 71, May 22, Arlington, Texas.
Kenneth Welch (’88 BS, Psychology) 62, Oct. 24, North Richland Hills, Texas.
1990s
Karen Diane Kidd (’92 BS, Electrical Engineering) 66, May 3, Hurst, Texas .
Dorothy Jean Riddell Martin (’92 MA, Linguistics) 91, June 25, Dallas, Texas .
Echo Ellen Wagner Penland-Jackson (’92 MSW) 72, June 15, Sherman, Texas .
Tsae-Feng Kevin Yu (’92 MS, Computer Science Engineering) 55, May 26, Nashua, New Hampshire .
Patricia Joan Klimchock (’93 BA, English) 77, June 7, Arlington, Texas .
Kathryn “Katie” Springs Krehmeier (’94 MS, Human Resource Management) 50, July 25, Houston, Texas .
Roger Fravel Ray (’94 BS, Mathematics) 72, June 24, Arlington, Texas.
Edward Daniel Huerta (’95 BA, Classical Studies) 51, Aug. 11, Concepcion, Texas.
Brian Scott Polley (’95 BSW) 49, Oct. 3, Fort Worth, Texas.
George Kevin Agee (’99 BS, Information Systems) 59, May 15, The Woodlands, Texas .
Revis Maxwell Dickerson Jr. (’99 BS, Interdisciplinary Studies) 68, July 19, Arlington, Texas .
William Ryan Gaylor (’99 BA, Journalism) 46, Sept. 16, Norman, Oklahoma.
2000s
Melissa Anne Ohlweiler Halter (’00 BFA, Art) 46, May 27, Lewisville, Texas .
Ricardo Ortiz (’02 BA, Spanish) 52, June 28, El Paso, Texas .
Joanne Walker (’03 PhD, Transatlantic History) 48, Aug. 1, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Lorelei Peralta Mauldin (’06 BSN) 61, Aug. 14, Bedford, Texas.
Elizabeth Dilliplane (’07 EMBA) 63, June 22, San Antonio, Texas .
2010s
William Raymond “Bill” Kenney (’12 MS, Mathematics) 33, Sept. 1, Houston, Texas.
Lauren Leigh Spurrier (’15 BA, History) 36, July 9, Fort Worth, Texas .
FACULTY STAFF
Elaine Doris Bahn 94, Oct. 2, Arlington, Texas. She was an administrative assistant from 1972-89.
William Clyde “Bill” Bibb 86, July 9, Macon, Georgia. He was UTA’s director of athletics from 1989-91.
Eunice F. Bonar 95, April 20, Cortez, Colorado. She taught chemistry from 1965-86.
Ruth M. Boyd 94, May 31, Arlington, Texas. She worked in the Military Science Department as an administrative assistant for UTA 1978-79, then as an Army employee in the same position until 1992.
Abe Alfred Bush Jr. 78, Aug. 3, Granbury, Texas. He was a former assistant director of admissions from 1969-76.
Euda E. “Pete” Dean 85, Aug. 4, St. Louis, Missouri. He taught mathematics for 27 years, from 1961-88.
Melissa Brown Gibbons 69, June 14, Joshua, Texas. She was an adjunct faculty member in the College of Education from 2001-11.
Kenneth R. Kennamer 80, May 8, Nacogdoches, Texas. He was an adjunct faculty member in the Journalism Department from 1975-82.
James Stuart Kersey 91, July 8, North Richland Hills, Texas. He helped create the Graduate School of Social Work in the 1960s. He was a School of Social Work faculty member from 1972-88 and served as assistant dean for eight years.
William “Bill” Ross Meacham 97, Sept. 22, Fort Worth, Texas. He taught in the Biology Department from 1950-88 and served as chair.
Billi Marie Rogers (’62 BA, English) 90, Sept. 7, Bedford, Texas. She taught English from 1950-80.