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James Preston Dilworth entered UT in 1956.

James Preston Dilworth was born on August 16, 1938 in Little Rock,Arkansas. He lived with his mother Hazel Wilturner and his stepfather Lionel Wilturner and two younger siblings in Port Arthur, Texas. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, Texas and played in the concert band.

He graduated high school in 1956, and that fall Dilworth began his studies at the University of Texas. He lived in San Jacinto Dorm D. Tragically, he died on campus from during his junior year of studies. He was twenty-years-old when he was admitted to the Student Health Center for pneumonia and five days later he died of a pulmonary hemorrhage on Dec. 17, 1958.