Euline W. Brock

From Wikitia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Euline W. Brock
Add a Photo
Born(1932-06-02)June 2, 1932
Van, Texas
Died2018
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materTyler Junior College
Occupation
  • Mayor
  • Educator
  • Author

Euline Williams Brock (June 2, 1932 - 2018) was a mayor, educator, and author in Texas. She and her husband Horace Brock had a long affiliation with the University of North Texas. The downtown transit center in Denton, Texas is named for her.[1]

Early life and education

She was born Francis Eline Williams in Van, Texas.[2] She studied at Tyler Junior College before transferring to the University of Texas in Austin and graduating with a bachelors degree in 1952 and a masters degree in English literature in 1954. She joined the English department of what became the University of North Texas.[2]

Career

After going back to school in the late 1960s for a Ph.D. studying the role of African-American politicians in the Deep South during the post-Civil War Reconstruction years, Brock taught history at Tarrant County College and Texas Woman’s University.[2]

She wrote an article on Jewish and Black Reconstruction Era Mississippi Secretary of Education Thomas W. Cardozo describing him as a scoundrel.[3][4]

Political career

She served three terms on the city council and was mayor of Denton from 2000 until 2006[2]

Personal life

She married business professor Horace Brock and had three children.[2] She donated to the Clinton Foundation.[5]

References

  1. "Euline W. Brock | North Texan".
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 [email protected], Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe Staff Writer. "Former Denton Mayor Euline Brock dies". Denton Record-Chronicle.
  3. Drago, Edmund L. (1992). Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure. ISBN 9780820314389.
  4. Brown, Thomas J. (9 November 2006). Reconstructions: New Perspectives on Postbellum America. ISBN 9780190291914.
  5. "Clinton Foundation Donors - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com.

External links

Add External links

This article "Euline W. Brock" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace.