Arthur Alpert

I have know Arthur since the late `80´s and worked with him, setting up the news department at KSAF in Santa Fe, NM. A smart, witty and urbane person who taught me a lot about the craft of news writing and presentation. People with his background and experience won´t come again. Godspeed, Arthur, I´m sure you are starting a newsletter wherever you are. And thank you for everything you did here.

I always waited for "Prime Time" (55 and over) to come out, every month. I did not know Mr. Alpert was in Viet Nam. I recognize Thông Tn Xã card anywhere. I was only a kid then. If i had known Mr. Alpert was in Viet Nam for a while i would have connected him to Vietnamese Senior Citizen Association.

Arthur was the producer of local newscasts at WABC-TV in New York City when I worked for him as a writer. It was hard not to learn from him because, even as deadlines to go on the air approached, he would often stand up amid our staff in the newsroom and deliver himself of a lecture -- always solid, always witty and urbane, always filled with his commitment to public- service journalism. He was easy to like, even love. I still have in my files a handout he prepared about how to write a TV...

The first time I saw Arthur on TV was in NYC. Then he interviewed me on TV in Santa Fe. Then we wound up as neighbors at Park Plaza. A wonderful guy who will be greatly missed.

Arthur Alpert was my very first assignment editor, taking on a high school senior to write a handful of articles for the "Prime Time" (55 and over) newspaper in 1992. He was my first professional mentor and he even attended my H.S. graduation. Rest in peace, Mr. Alpert.

I worked for Arthur, Alan and Sydney for about five years as the 'Gal Friday' around the office. I learned so much from them! I wouldn't have had a book published or done editing or had booths in trade shows without their experience and knowledge which they all cheerfully shared. Arthur taught me as much about writing and reporting as I learned in classes at UNM - and his atrocious puns were not only legendary, but printed in his columns. Prime Time in the late 90's wasn't just a place to...

I know he would be thrilled his Obit is first on this page! We will miss this truly gifted man. Rest in peace and let your party begin!

I considered myself a friend of Arthur Alpert, whose acting in plays and public talks at Oasis I admired. I often saw him Congregation Albert brunches. He made a contribution to our community through his public life.