Arthur Rense

Arthur Rense

Arthur F. Rense was a sports journalist for the Los Angeles Daily News [http://www.riprense.com/AFR.htm] and director of Public Relations for Howard R. Hughes' Summa Corporation [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D9163DF936A35752C0A967958260] .

Biography

Arthur Rense was born in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Austrian-Italian immigrant parents. After graduating from Ohio State University with a degree in English, Rense served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Rense then moved to Los Angeles and joined the original Los Angeles Daily News as a sportswriter. In 1954 Rense joined United Press as a reporter, and later went on to publish and edit a magazine group that included "The Art Rense Sports Book: Professional Football", the first magazine devoted exclusively to professional football. [http://www.riprense.com/AFR.htm]

Between 1959 and 1974 Rense handled public relations for the Douglas Aircraft Company, Missiles and Space division (pre-McDonnell-Douglas) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D9163DF936A35752C0A967958260] [http://www.riprense.com/AFR.htm] . In the mid-1970s Rense became public relations specialist for Harvey Mudd College [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D9163DF936A35752C0A967958260] , and later collaborated with football great Tom Harmon on "Tom Harmon's Football Today" in Las Vegas [http://www.riprense.com/AFR.htm] . After that Rense worked on public relations for hotels in Las Vegas owned by the Summa Corporation, mainly the Desert Inn. [http://www.riprense.com/AFR.htm] Rense died of leukemia at the age of 74 on 28 December 1990. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D9163DF936A35752C0A967958260] He is survived by sons Jeff [http://www.rense.com] Kirk, and Rip Rense [http://www.riprense.com] .


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