Michael Phillip Tilford, 60, graduate school dean and associate vice president of academic affairs, Wichita State University, died Thursday, Nov. 7, 1996. (Wichita November 9, 1996)

Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9470916

Michael Tilford Graduate Fellowship: Spirit of the Gift Biography Project

The Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism: http://tilford.k-state.edu/history-development/

A True Gentleman: http://wsu.wichita.edu/the-shocker/story.php?eid=21&id=564#.WJ2pxfkrLI

Wichita Eagle: Michael Tilford Was a Leader, A Spokesman