Former University of Houston administrator Emmett B. Fields Jr., 81, recently died at his Nashville home.
A native of Fort Smith, Ark., Fields joined UH as vice president and dean of faculties in 1969 and was promoted to executive vice president. He left the university in 1975.

Fields also held numerous positions at other higher education institutions, serving as president of the State University of New York at Albany and Vanderbilt University.

A World War II veteran, Fields is survived by his wife, three children and four grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the Nashville Public Library and Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science.

Francine Parker
fparker@central.uh.edu