University of Texas Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Donald Hardin
LAMONT – Dr. Donald Howard Hardin was born in Paul, Idaho, on March 19, 1931, to Donald and Pauline Hardin. His family moved to Earlham, Iowa, where they farmed and raised Percheron horses. After graduating from Earlham High School, Don served in the United States Army in occupied Germany. He married his beautiful, redheaded wife, Shirley Pech, in 1956. He attended the University of Northern Iowa, where he received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1953. After graduation, he...
