Dr. Donald F. Ashby

Died peacefully on Saturday, October 8, 2011, at age 69. Since 1980, Dr. Ashby was the Director of TRIO Programs at MSOE. He was passionate about the mission of TRIO which is to motivate disabled and low-income young people whose parents have not completed a college degree to graduate from college. Though he was an orphan born to poverty, he earned both a bachelor's degree in social sciences and a master's degree in applied social psychology from Ball State University in 1965 and 1970, respectively. Ashby earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology / social psychology from Indiana University in 1980. Prior to joining MSOE, he was an associate instructor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Indiana University, a geography instructor at Anderson Public Schools in Indiana, and an instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Ashby has worked as a psychological counselor for the Indiana State Reformatory, a multicultural educational training instructor for Indiana University, and an admissions specialist for UW-Milwaukee. Dr. Ashby was a member of the American Association of University Professors, Mid-America & Wisconsin Association of Education Opportunity Program Personnel, American Personnel and Guidance Association, and the National Board of Certified Counselors. He received the Outstanding Administration of Minority Award from the NTA/NSBE student organization in 1989 and the Outstanding Direction of Upward Bound Program Award from Upward Bound Parents in 1988.Friends may gather on Thursday, October 13, from 4:00-6:00 PM with a service to follow at Krause Funeral Home, 7001 West Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI 53223. Private interment will be held on Friday