African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood and early education in Dallas, Texas; decision to enter NTSU in 1959 rather than Texas Southern University, and major in pre-med; difficulties with white professors and graduate assistants; race relations on campus; social life among black students on campus; off-campus life in “Shack Town” and support from black citizens of Denton; service in United States Air Force; studies at Southwestern Medical School and decision to pursue medical research;

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.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II veteran. World War II veteran. Childhood in Dallas, Texas, medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas, and internship at the University of Michigan prior to enlistment in the Army Air Corp as a surgeon with the Third Air Commando Group. Experiences in the Philippines providing medicinal care to military personnel and local civilians, and reunion with a medical school classmate who was interred as a POW at Cabanatuan.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Project. World War II veteran and B-17 pilot.