SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX002   
   ARLX002 ARRL Assistant Roanoke Division Director Anthony R. "Tony"   
   Curtis, K3RXK (SK)   
      
   ZCZC AX02   
   QST de W1AW     
   Special Bulletin 2  ARLX002   
   >From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  January 29, 2015   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX002   
   ARLX002 ARRL Assistant Roanoke Division Director Anthony R. "Tony"   
   Curtis, K3RXK (SK)   
      
   ARRL Assistant Roanoke Division Director Anthony R. "Tony" Curtis,   
   K3RXK, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, died on January 23. Curtis   
   served twice as an Assistant Director - from 1986 until 1997 and   
   again from 2002 until his death. Known as "Dr. Tony" to his mass   
   communication students at the University of North Carolina at   
   Pembroke, Curtis was a space and Amateur Radio satellite enthusiast   
   and occasional guest speaker. Curtis also contributed to QST.   
   Licensed at 14, he was involved in emergency preparedness. He also   
   held ARRL Field Organization appointments as Official Emergency   
   Station and Volunteer Examiner.   
      
   "The department lost a valued colleague and a good friend, and he'll   
   be deeply missed," Dr Jason Hutchens, chair of the Mass   
   Communication department, said.   
      
   Curtis began his teaching career in 1967. Before arriving at UNCP in   
   2002, he taught at Penn State University, Ohio University, Salisbury   
   University, The Union Institute and University, and Hood College.   
   His colleagues described Curtis as an educator who always made time   
   for his students and had a hands-on teaching style.   
      
   At UNCP, he received an Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012 and was   
   named the Most Valuable Professor in 2012 and 2013. He had served as   
   chair of the faculty senate and as president of the Friends of the   
   Library Board.   
      
   Curtis founded ARCsoft Publishers, which specialized in science   
   publications, and he wrote more than 70 books about computers,   
   communications, space, and astronomy. He also contributed to several   
   regional and national publications, including Popular Mechanics and   
   The National Observer, and he was a public relations consultant,   
   serving as a speechwriter and a field press secretary.   
      
   A memorial service will be held at a later date.   
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