Oscar Mink

Oscar Gorton Mink (1930–2004) was professor of curriculum studies in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He was father to eleven children – four sons and seven daughters.

Mink worked as a professor with the University of Texas at Austin for over thirty years and also was employed as a consultant for various institutions and companies such as the City of Austin, Australian Air Force, and Texas Department of Health. Earlier in his career, he counseled children and youth who were victims of abuse. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in various callings in the church, including high priests quorum leader and music director. He had a powerful singing voice that could be heard from the pulpit to the back of the congregation. He was a man of charity and would do acts of kindness without drawing attention to himself. Once he noticed a missionary was wearing the same worn suit to church each week. He quietly took this young man aside and bought him a new suit without ever saying a word to anyone. On another occasion, when prompted by his daughter, he took a new, expensive coat he was wearing and gave it to a homeless man who was without. He employed individuals who had difficulty finding work, and once hired a young man who had been released from prison to care for and watch over his horses. Multiple times it was discovered that others were stealing from him, yet he never filed criminal charges. Diagnosed with cancer in his mid-sixties, he continued to work and provide for his children. By his early seventies he underwent chemotherapy treatment. At the age of 74, after baptizing his grandson, he had a heart attack in the church parking lot and died. He is buried in Austin, Texas.

Professional education

Mink held a doctorate in counseling psychology from Cornell University and degrees in mathematics and mining engineering from Brigham Young University and San Bernardino Valley College.[1]

Awards

Publications

Mink published multiple books and over 300 articles.

Books:

References

  1. ↑ See faculty profile at: http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2004-2005/memorials/mink/mink.html
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