Obituaries
Penn State Intercom......March 15, 2001

E. Arthur Hungerford Jr., associate professor of speech for radio and television, 89, died Feb. 17.

In 1952, he assisted in the direction of the Educational Television Programs Institute held at Penn State.

In 1961, he became an assistant and later an associate professor of speech for radio and television at Penn State, retiring in 1972.

He served as the chairman of the Broadcast Options Committee and was active in planning the University educational television station, WPSX-TV.

During the 1960s, he acted as adviser to educational planners in Algeria, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Pakistan and Honduras. In 1964, he contributed a chapter on studio and control equipment for the textbook Understanding Television, and his articles have appeared in numerous industry magazines.

He was a 1933 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in business and engineering administration and a 1959 graduate of New York University's college of education with a master's degree.

In retirement as a visiting professor, he taught management at the University of Utah and the University of Central Florida and has been affiliated with the National Cable Television Center and Museum at Penn State.

 

Harvey Kelly, assistant professor of speech communications at Penn State Beaver, age 68, died Feb. 22.

Kelly taught speech communication and theatre for 30 years at the campus. He and his collaborator, retired faculty member Emma Rocco, produced numerous plays and musicals on campus, at the Brodhead Cultural Center and in the community. Kelly also led the Masquers student theatre troupe.

Kelly received a bachelor of arts and a master of education in speech, both from the University of Pittsburgh. He also had done additional graduate work at University of Pittsburgh, Penn State and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Memorial contributions be made to the Harvey R. Kelly Jr. and Dr. Emma S. Rocco Arts and Communications Scholarship at Penn State Beaver, in the Office of University Relations.

 

Carol L. Spicer, janitorial worker in the Office of Physical Plant, from Nov. 11, 1969, until her retirement Jan. 3, 1999; died Feb. 12 at age 61.

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