Hundreds gather to remember drama professor Lee Salisbury

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus Saturday to remember professor and theater director Lee Harvey Salisbury.

The more-than-two-hour memorial service drew friends, family, musicians, colleagues, even politicians, reported the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1NjEddJ ). The group met in the theater named after Salisbury, who pushed for its construction in the 1960s.

Salisbury, who launched the school's drama program in the 1950s, died in March. He was 87.

During his time at the university, Salisbury taught speech and radio, acted in or directed more than 100 plays, was instrumental in getting the theater built and helped establish KUAC public radio.