Euline Williams Brock (June 2, 1932 - July 1, 2018) was a mayor, educator, and author in Texas. Her husband Horace Brock and she had a long affiliation with the University of North Texas. The downtown transit center in Denton, Texas, is named for her. [1] She helped establish a scholarship fund for African Americans [2] and light rail service from Denton to Dallas. [3]
She was born Francis Eline Williams in Jamestown, Texas, and grew up in Van, Texas. [3] [4] She studied at Tyler Junior College before transferring to the University of Texas in Austin and graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1952 and a master's degree in English literature in 1954. She joined the English department of what became the University of North Texas. [4]
After going back to school in the late 1960s for a PhD studying the role of African-American politicians in the Deep South during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, Brock taught history at Tarrant County College and Texas Woman’s University. [4]
She wrote an article on Jewish and Black Reconstruction-era Mississippi Secretary of Education Thomas W. Cardozo, describing him as a scoundrel. [5] [6]
She served three terms on the city council and was mayor of Denton from 2000 until 2006. [4]
She married business professor Horace Brock and had three children. [4] She donated to the Clinton Foundation. [7]