Dr. Richard Enos

Dr. Richard Enos died August 16 2018. He was born on May 29, 1937, in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. His parents were Manuel and Marie Furtado Enos. Dick was a descendant of indentured agricultural workers from the Azores Islands of Portugal who left in 1879 and 1882 to work in the sugar cane fields on the islands of Kauai and Hawaii in the Kingdom of Hawaii. His maternal grandmother was born in Hawaii and was a subject of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu and from Colorado College with a BA in political science in 1960. He was a member and president of his fraternity, Sigma Chi, at Colorado College. He was admitted to membership in Pi Gamma Mu, honorary social science fraternity. After graduation he was commissioned through ROTC as an Army officer. He completed infantry training at Fort Benning, GA and army intelligence training at Fort Holabird, MD. Dick served during the Cold War in West Germany as an Army intelligence officer with the Seventh Army Air Reconnaissance Support Battalion. He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and an Honorable Discharge after the completion of his service obligation in 1967. Following his military service, Dick worked as a social welfare caseworker in Oregon with impoverished families. He then attended the University of Denver and received a Masters Degree in Social Work. In the interim he worked as a psychiatric group worker in California at the Solano County Mental Health Service in Fairfield, CA. Later, Dr. Enos became the Director of the Larimer County, Fort Collins, CO, mental health clinic’s Day Care Program and Educo-Therapy Program for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. This program received national recognition. Then, Dick was invited to join the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Welfare at Colorado State University. He was instrumental in the development of the Social Welfare Department at CSU. After serving for five years as an Assistant Professor with tenure, he left to pursue a doctoral degree in Social Work at the University of Utah. He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic fraternity at Utah. After receiving his DSW, Dick accepted a position in the Social Work faculty at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Dick had a distinguished career both in terms of public and social service and academic work. He published several books, articles, and research papers, and delivered presentations at many state and national forums. At UNT he served as chair of the social work department, the criminal justice department, and as director of the center for public service, an inter-disciplinary academic unit. He served as a faculty advisor to the Sigma Chi chapter, was an honorary member of the chapter, and had been very involved in the establishment of the chapter. In terms of his numerous community service activities, he was most proud of helping to establish the Denton Texas Area Friends of the Family, a crisis-center for abused women and children in Denton County. He served on its board of directors. He also served on the city of Denton’s Human Services Advisory Committee. After a twenty-five year career at UNT he retired as a full professor and eventually moved to San Angelo to be near his children. In retirement, he enjoyed restoring antique radios, for which he won several awards. He traveled extensively, often visiting with friends and family. Dick is survived by three children from his first wife: Craig Enos of Minneapolis, Gary Enos and his wife, Adra Enos, of San Angelo, and Marnie Enos Carroll of Austin. His grandchildren include Ronnie and Natalie Enos of Maple Grove, MN, Grace and Bryanna Dirickson of San Angelo, and Madeleine Carroll of Austin. His wife, Ann resides in Round Rock, TX. His stepdaughter Milena Thompson, husband Clark, and daughters Annika and Siri live in Round Rock. Another stepdaughter, Alicia Reban and husband John and children Hayden and Emerson, live in Reno, NV. He is also survived by numerous relatives in Hawaii. Memorial services are being planned for interment of cremains at a veteran’s cemetery in Hawaii in summer 2019.