Bert Sharp, former COE dean, dies at 81

Former COE dean Bert Sharp, who led UF's College of Education through the turbulent and transformative 1970s, died Aug. 31 in Naples. He was 81.

Sharp was a professor in the Counselor Education department in 1968, when he was catapulted into the dean's position by the tragic death of then-dean Kimball Wiles, who was killed in a car accident.