Donald K. “Don” Woolley, 73, a retired associate professor of photojournalism at the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications who served on the faculty from 1972 to 1995, died June 14 in Nashville, Tenn., after a brief illness.
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Known for his creativity and devotion to photojournalism, Woolley, a native of North Plainfield, N.J., worked after his retirement from the University as a columnist, speaker, judge of state and national photo contests, and as an active Life Member of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), according to the association’s Web site. He is survived by his wife, Deborah, of Nashville.
Woolley started as a photographer and editor for Octoraro Newspapers in Quarryville, Pa., before becoming chief photographer and manager of the photojournalism department at the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, Mo., according to the NPPA. He taught at the University of Iowa before joining USC where he was head of the photojournalism sequence until his retirement.
Memorials may be made to the College of the Ozarks, P.O. Box 17, Point Lookout, MO 65726.
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