1996 Distinguished Alumna - Nita Scheble Cox

Nita F. Scheble Cox is the second of three generations in her family to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.

Cox graduated as Valedictorian of The North Texas Agricultural College, a two year college (now UTA). She received her bachelor's from The University of Texas at Austin and her master's from Texas Christian University. She also did graduate work at The University of Wisconsin at Madison.

She taught at UTA, helping develop many speech and theatre arts classes and served as Assistant Chair and Advisor of the Communication Department for fourteen years.

Cox and her husband, B. Wayne Cox, have one daughter, Leslie Cox Recine, who also is a graduate of UTA. Her two granddaughters, Chelsea and Chloe, are their grandmother's chief interest.

Cox is involved in a woman's investment club, the Fielder Museum, Theatre Arlington, Friends of the UTA Libraries, the Arlington Republican Women's Club, Bible Study Fellowship, Altrusa International Club of Arlington, Inc., and the UTA Lecture Series.