Alfred Hurley, retired Air Force brigadier general and chancellor emeritus of the University of North Texas System, died June 8, 2013. He was 84.
Hurley graduated summa cum laude in 1950 from New York’s St. John’s University. While serving in the Air Force, he earned a Ph.D. in history from Princeton in 1961.
Enlisting as an airman in 1950, he retired as a brigadier general in 1980. From 1966 to 1980, he was a professor and history department head at the Air Force Academy. From 1977 to 1980, he was on the academy’s executive board and chaired the humanities division.
While Hurley headed the UNT system from 1982 to 2002, enrollment rose from under 19,000 to more than 27,000, and its endowment grew from $850,000 to $45 million. Almost $200 million was raised in two capital campaigns. UNTS named one of its buildings for the Hurleys. For Princeton, he was a member of APGA’s board from 1976 to 1979.
He is survived by Johanna, his wife of 60 years; five children (including Alfred Jr. ’76, Claire Herton ’82, and John ’86); and 14 grandchildren.
Graduate memorials are prepared by the APGA.