Editors’ Note: This feature appears as it was published in the fall 2013 edition of UT Dallas Magazine. Titles or faculty members listed may have changed since that time.
Dr. Kenneth Altshuler, a longtime supporter of the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders, died Jan. 6, 2021, at the age of 91.
Dr. Richard Brettell, 71, longtime professor of art and aesthetic studies and founding director of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at UT Dallas, passed away July 24, 2020.
Dr. John Hoffman, professor emeritus of physics and founding faculty member of UT Dallas, died Feb. 3, 2021. He was 91.
Dr. Louis “Bob” Hunt, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering who conducted research for NASA and helped launch the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at UT Dallas, passed away Jan. 28, 2021.
Edith O’Donnell, one of Texas’ — and UT Dallas’ — most generous philanthropists and a strong proponent of education, science and the arts, died Nov. 14, 2020, at the age of 94.
