Herschel "Dene" Heskett was born in 1913 in Wellington, Kansas. After graduating from the University of Wichita in 1935 he continued a life-long relationship with the university. He served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Endowment Association Board of Governors, was a member of the Fairmount Association, and received the Fairmount Founders' Award for outstanding service in 1988. In 1984 he donated a large parcel of Kansas farmland to Wichita State and the university renamed the Multipurpose Complex the Heskett Center in honor of his parents J.O. and Ollie A. Heskett.
From the description of H. "Dene" Heskett collection [collection]. 1935-1998. (Wichita State University). WorldCat record id: 67765325