Barrier breakers from the 1990s
FIRST ROW, left to right: Phyllis Patterson;
Constance Lacy; Regenia Phillips; Judy Anderson. SECOND ROW: Roy
Culberson; Dr. Angela Eke; and Reginald Bond.
1990, Dr. William Gregory Sawyer, first
African American dean of students
1990, first African American students in the UNT
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
- Trae Cotton
- Steven King
- Edward Thompson
- Sharhonda Wilks
1991, Dr. Herman Totten, first UNT African
American Regents professor
1992, Dr. Renay Ford Scales, first
African American assistant vice president
1992, Dr. Gregory Sidberry, first
African American UNT librarian
1994, Roy Culberson, first African
American UNT associate athletic director
1994, Matt Simon, first African
American UNT head football coach
1994, Phyllis Patterson, first African American
UNT Foundation board member
1995, Reginald Bond, first African
American director of UNT Student Health and Wellness Center
1996, Regenia Phillips, first
African American director of UNT dining services
1996, Angela Eke, first African
American UNT student to receive a prestigious national scholarship,
the Spencer Foundation Pre-Dissertation Fellowship
1996, Dr. Pamela Hill, founding
director Multicultural Center
1997, Renaldo Stowers, first African
American associate general counsel at UNT
1998, Thomas King, organized UNT’s
first African American alumni association, the Trailblazers
1998, Cassandra F. Berry, first
UNT associate vice president, Division of Equity and Diversity
1999, Constance Lacy, first African
American UNT student to win a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a prestigious
national scholarship
1999, first African American UNT Eagle Ambassadors,
founding members
- Judy Anderson
- Dena Hulin
- Ashley Johnson
- Cynthia Uduebor
1999, Marjorie Craft, first African
American president of the UNT Alumni Association
