Community College psychology professor McBride dies at 54

Charles "Bogie" McBride was known as a professor who was always there for his students.

The psychology professor at the Community College of Southern Nevada was so well liked that on Tuesday night he was honored as outstanding faculty member in the Human Behavior Department.

His spirits were very high that night, friends and colleagues said, which added to the shock they felt on hearing Wednesday that McBride had died from a heart attack.

Born Feb. 9, 1945, in Statesboro, Ga., the Las Vegas resident for seven years was 54.

He came to CCSN in August 1992 from Barton College in North Carolina where he taught as an assistant professor.

Throughout his years at CCSN, McBride was referred to as a good teacher and a good communicator who brought the basics of psychological theories to students lives.

"He was probably one of the best liked by his students and one of the most loved by his colleagues," John Kuminecz, spokesman for CCSN, said. "He was always open to students. He always had time."

McBride also served as chairman of the Human Behavior Department at CCSN for one year.

His teaching career began in 1971 when he was a visiting instructor at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Four years earlier, he had received bachelor degrees from Mercer in psychology and German.

In 1971, he graduated with a masters in psychology from Florida State University. He completed his doctorate in psychology two years later at FSU.

McBride's 28-year career included positions such as Staff Psychologist at Sonoma Development Center in Eldridge, Calif., chairman of department of psychology at Mercer and Chief of Psychiatric Services at Northern Virginia Training Center.

He once said that one of his proudest achievements was a vocational training program that he developed in Las Vegas to help the disabled attain jobs.

"He was a teacher who cared deeply about his calling and his students," Jerry Holmes, McBride's life-companion, said. "No man was ever loved more and no purer soul ever lived."

In addition to Holmes, McBride is survived by three sisters, Mary McBride of Washington, Martha Lupinek of Henderson and Maxine Sego of Georgia; and one brother, Larry McBride of Georgia.

Services will be private. Arrangements were handled by Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Road.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Charles W. McBride Ph.D. CCSN Foundation, Inc., Community College of Southern Nevada, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. North Las Vegas, NV, 89030.

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