Allan Saxe, a notable Arlington philanthropist and former longtime UTA political science professor, died Tuesday at age 85, according to Tarrant County...
Saxe donated “in the range of seven figures” over his life, had numerous buildings, scholarships named after him.
ORG XMIT: *S0427098351* 142151 -- 7/17/09 -- Dr. Allan Saxe is an avid space enthusiast and fan of the University of Texas at Arlington planetarium. He works at UT Arlington as an associate professor of political science. "When and if we go to Mars,.. I want to do the walk on Mars. I'd give a fortune to walk on Mars," said Saxe, who still marvels at our ability to put astronauts on the moon.
Saxe, 85, donated at least $1 million throughout his life to various Arlington causes and was a founder of the, which helps create a path to self-sustainability for homeless individuals. From 1965 to 2019, he was a political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington after teaching at the University of Oklahoma in his native state.Simmons was among many posting about Saxe’s death on Facebook. A cause of death was not immediately available.
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