Steven Clarkson Poe 1960 - 2007

POE, KRUMM, WAGNER

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 8/20/2007 at 08:28:59

The Burlington Hawkeye, Sunday, August 19, 2007

Steven Poe
Steven Clarkson Poe, 47, of Denton, Texas, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, in Denton.

Born June 24, 1960, in Burlington, he was the son of Jack Clarkson Poe and Mary Esther Krumm Poe. On Feb. 11, 1984, he married SunJu "Sunny" Poe in Lamoni.

Dr. Poe was a professor of political science at the University of North Texas. He was director of the U.N.T. Peace Studies Interdisciplinary Minor and Certificate Program. He was an instructor at William Penn College in Oskaloosa and at the University of Iowa.

He received the Student Association Honor Professor Award, Student Association Honor Professor Award, President's Council Award for Excellence in Teaching, Metamorphosis Award for mentoring female students at U.N.T, was named "Top Prof" by the Mortarboard Senior Honor Society and "Feathered Instructor" by Center for Instructional Services, and was a Pi Sigma Alpha honor professor and Regents faculty lecturer, all at U.N.T.

He served on the Board of Directors of Center for Survivors of Torture in Dallas, Texas, was a member of the Graduate Studies Committee, Library Committee, elected member of Department Executive Committee, chairman of Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee, member of International Studies Advisory Committee, and had numerous additional memberships.

He served as editor in chief of "International Studies Quarterly," was a member of International Studies Association Governing Council, and ex officio member of International Studies Association, Publications Committee.

He graduated from Wapello High School, and received a bachelor of arts degree from William Penn College and master of arts and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Mary Poe, Jamie Poe and Megan Poe, all of Denton; his parents, Jack and Elizabeth Poe of Wapello; one sister, Pamela Wagner of Humble, Texas; and two brothers, John Poe of Crawfordsville and Richard Poe of Quincy, Ill.

Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at DeBerry Funeral Directors, 2025 W. University Drive, Denton.

The service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors, with the Rev. John Lindsay officiating. Burial will be in Wapello at a later date.