ARLINGTON, Texas — Allan Saxe, a beloved University of Texas at Arlington professor and prolific philanthropist, has died at 85, the university confirmed to WFAA in a statement Wednesday.
Saxe, a political science professor, earned undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma in the 1960s, before making the move to UT Arlington, which was then known as Arlington State College. As Cowley described in her statement Wednesday, the university's magazine in 2020, upon Saxe's retirement, put out a call to alumni to share their favorite memories of Saxe. Hundreds of former students submitted entries, describing Saxe as a thought-provoking, entertaining and engaging professor.
"He started class one day stating that he wanted to be like Lady Gaga and be carried to class in an egg and then be reborn," Langeberg wrote."I have never laughed so hard in a class. He was by far the most entertaining professor."
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