In Memory

Don Otto

Donald W. Otto, the director of Eastern Public Radio since 1984, died of complications from acquired immune deficiency syndrome on Friday at his home in Long Island City, Queens. He was 40 years old.

In 1984, Mr. Otto became director of a small distribution service for radio programs. Subsequently, he transformed it into a northeastern regional network of 21 public radio stations. Previously, he had worked as a technician in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's department of Egyptian art. He was also a program administrator for the Dia Art Foundation.

Surviving are his mother, Lura Otto Scoville of Dana Point, Calif., and his twin brother, Douglas, of Long Beach, Calif.



 
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07/24/13 08:57 PM #1    

Harold Dixon

Don and I were good friends from Marshall Jr. High on. Such a witty and brilliant guy. We did a report together for a social studies class at Marshall - it was on Nicaragua.  Don played the ghost of Anastasio Somoza (the father) in our sketch, and we made up words to the instrumental song "Telstar" to serve as the Nicaraguan national anthem. We had a lot of fun, but we also predicted the rise of the Sandanistas, who were to fight a revolution years later, battling the long lasting influence of the Somozas. Crazy, huh?


06/17/15 02:53 PM #2    

John Debaun

Don and I were sideline friends on Millikans football team. Before too long we would seek each other other out while practice was going on ! He really was a fun guy, sorry to hear of his passing.

 


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