Patrick Cullen
Patrick J.
Cullen, a long-time resident of
Spokane and
Tacoma
Washington, and
Escondido,
California, died May 1, 2008 of a heart attack
in
Palomar
Memorial
Hospital in
Escondido. Cullen was born in Bonners Ferry,
Idaho on September 29, 1919 to Frank and
Lucille Cullen of
Spokane. He graduated from
St. Augustine’s Grade School and
Gonzaga
High School in 1937. He graduated from
Marquette
University,
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin in 1942 with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Journalism where he was also active in the journalism fraternity, the
honor society and the drama club.
He joined the
U.S. Army Air Corps as a private in 1942 and received his commission as a Second
Lieutenant in 1943 upon his graduation from Officers’
Candidate
School. He also served during the Korean
Conflict and was honorably discharged from the military as a Captain in 1953. In
1946 he joined the KHQ radio station staff and served there as news director
until 1951 when he assumed the same position at KHQ radio and television until
1960. While in
Spokane, he also taught journalism
at
Gonzaga
University and was a member
of the board of directors of the Associated Press Broadcast Association and the
Radio-Television News Directors Association.
In 1960, he
moved to
Tacoma
to join the Weyerhaeuser Company where he held a variety of public relations
jobs until his retirement as Director of Public Relations in 1979. He was a
member of the Public Relations Society of America and chairman of its
Washington
State chapter. He was also very active in
the Boys Scouts of America and was awarded two of its highest honors, the Silver
Beaver and Silver Antelope awards for outstanding volunteer service to scouting.
Upon his retirement, he and his wife Betty moved to
Los
Angeles and
Escondido,
California.
Mr. Cullen
was preceded in death by his wife in 1998. He is survived by four sons, Barry of
Denver, Colorado, Brian of Seattle, Washington, Kevin of Bangkok, Thailand, and
Kelly of Oceanside, California, ten grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
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