CHALMERS MARQUIS Jr.

In 1965, the year I turned 9, the Marquis family moved next door to us coming from Chicago. The experiences knowing them span most of the years of my life now. I can't say I realized then the enormous role Chalmers Marquis had in public television. I just remember two different years attending an educational broadcasters' convention downtown at the old Sheraton Wardman Park with Brian, the younger son, and being able to operate a TV camera and write my name on screen in the exhibit area. One...