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Department News UT Arlington Today - Professor Emeritus Don Reaser passed away Donald F. Reaser passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, in Waxahachie after a brief illness.
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graduation 09 Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie. Burial: Waxahachie City Cemetery. Visitation: 1 p.m. to service time Saturday. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Donald F. Reaser Scholarship, University of Texas at Arlington, P.O. Box 19049, Texas 76019. Born Sept. 30, 1931, in Wichita Falls, he was professor emeritus of geology at the University of Texas at Arlington where he taught for more than 40 years. Don received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and he held BS and MS degrees in geology from SMU where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was a graduate of Highland Park High School and served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a certified professional geologist of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a registered professional geoscientist with the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists. He was a 32nd-degree member of the Masonic Lodge. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Norene Wales and Fred S. Reaser. Survivors: His wife, Bette Forrest Reaser of Waxahachie; sister-in-law, Dell F. Andrews of Waxahachie; stepson, David Forrest Anderson of Richmond; cousins, James F. Strong of Point Venture, Robert Wales of Melissa and Marita Wagner of Midland; and nephews, John F. Andrews of New York,, N.Y., Jeff Andrews of Dallas and Bill Borders of Aurora, Ill.