Social work pioneer David Austin dies at 84

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Wed, 06/11/2008 - 8:45am

Dr. David M. Austin, a pioneer in the field of social work education and a former faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin, died May 29 in Berea, Ky., following a battle with cancer.

He was 84. Austin was among the first social work students supported through the GI Bill following World War II.

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