Mexican American graduate of North Texas State University (now UNT). Childhood in Sonora, Texas; education in segregated and integrated schools; family history; experience attending NTSU.

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood, and education in Collin County, Texas; farm life in the Great Depression; World War II service in U.S. Navy; education at UNT under the GI Bill; career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, concluding with Weatherford ISD; marriage to Betty Jo Hallett; integration of Weatherford schools; school-building program; career as CEO of Weatherford Chamber of Commerce.

African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including James Madison High School; decision to enroll at North Texas State College in 1958; adjustments required for attending school in integrated setting; experience of boarding with African-American families in the “Shack Town” neighborhood of Denton; comparative experiences with students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education.