Barrier breakers from the 2000s
FIRST ROW, left to right: Dr. John E. Price;
Cinnamon Sheffield; Nicholas E. Williams. SECOND ROW: Gary Gailliard;
Dr. Howard Johnson.
2001, Dr. John E. Price, first
African American vice provost of the UNT Dallas Campus
2001, Gary Gailliard, first African
American UNT assistant chief of police
2001, Cinnamon Sheffield, first
African American UNT senior women’s athletic administrator
2003, Donna Brooks Asher, first
African American UNT associate director of human resources
2003, Nicholas E. Williams, first
African American UNT marching band director
2003, Dr. Herman Totten, first
African American faculty executive assistant to the president
2003, Dr. Howard Johnson, first
African American UNT provost and vice president
