UNT Professor Emeritus of Microbiology. Family history; childhood and early education in Crystal City and San Antonio, Texas; service in World War II-era U.S.

Humorist, storyteller, radio and television personality, environmentalist. Student days at the University of Texas; comments about J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek; service during World War II; interest in folklore; employment with CBS; Mccarthyism; his suit against Aware, Incorporated; involvement in environmental issues; skirmishes with the Trinity River Authority; comments about Ned Fritz, Randy and J. R. Parten, and Joe Penelli.