His speed brought Ronald William Clinkscale ’58 to TCU. His steadfastness kept him involved in the university for the rest of his life.

Clinkscale served on the TCU Board of Trustees from 1985 to 2016 and as an Emeritus Trustee after that. He died July 10 in Fort Worth.

At Arlington Heights High School, “he was the fastest boy in the Fort Worth schools in the 100-yard dash,” said his daughter Lynn Clinkscale ’83. That speed earned him a football scholarship to TCU, where he played halfback and quarterback. He lettered and was named an All-Southwest Conference quarterback and, in 1986, inducted into the TCU Lettermen’s Association Hall of Fame.

He went on to play in the Canadian Football League because it paid more, said Kay Lockman Clinkscale, his wife of 67 years, whom he met in high school. The Canadian season also worked better with his accounting career: As the June-to-November Canadian season wound down, tax season in the U.S. got busy.

He worked with the Fort Worth firm Leatherwood and Ward, which ultimately became PricewaterhouseCoopers. He rose to managing partner of the Fort Worth office before retiring.

Lynn Clinkscale recalls “the sweetest, sweetest father,” a gentle man with a good sense of humor who enjoyed family time at their Lake Granbury house. “He had a really strong faith in God,” she said, with the family active in First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth.

He served on the TCU Fellowship of Christian Athletes board for years. He also was president of the TCU Alumni Association and received the Royal Purple Award.

“When people said he did a lot for TCU, he always said it was TCU that did a lot for him,” Lynn Clinkscale said.

Survivors also include his son, William Clinkscale Jr., and daughter Anna Clinkscale Meeker ’87.