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GILBERT A. MADDOX

Washington, District of Columbia

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  GILBERT A. MADDOX, Ph.D (Age 82)  Of Washington, DC passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 12, 2013. Beloved husband of Adelena Maddox; cherished step-father of Leslie Williams (Victor), Renee Strong-Terry, Victoria Syphax (Gregory) and Dulaine Harris. He is also survived by five...

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We offer our continued thoughts and prayers to the Maddox family.

"Profiles in Black," a television show hosted by Dr. Gil Maddox at Detroit television station WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV) in the late 1960's and early 1970's. I had the good fortune to work on this show with Gil as a floor manager and as studio director. Gil was a smart man, a pioneer for blacks in broadcasting and he help me move forward in my journey in broadcasting. May God Bless Him and his family.
Joe Spencer

A friend, a mentor, an educator.

TO THE FAMILY OF DR. GILBERT A. MADDOX:

On behalf of the faculty, administration, students and alumni of the Department of Communication Studies and the College of Liberal Arts at Morgan State University, we express our sincerest condolences on the passing of our long-time colleague and friend Dr. Gilbert A Maddox.
Dr. Maddox joined our faculty as an Associate Professor in 1986 and served as Chairperson of the Department of Speech Communications, later the Department of...

Gilbert A. Maddox, you shine through all you taught.

Dr. Maddox, I know that your passing was one of those "Vicissitudes of Life" that you always told us about. I am forever indebted to you for your confidence in me. You truly leave a legacy and that calm reporter's delivery voice will ring in my ears always. Soror Adelena, thank you and your family for sharing Dr. Maddox with Morgan State University for sooooo many years. Dr. Maddox, it was a pleasure to be your student and an HONOR to work as your colleague.
As the African proverb states,...

Heartfelt sympathy. He will be missed.

Dr. Maddox was a mentor and scholar to many and a gentleman to all. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time of loss and reflection.

The Kopano Family