Lee Salisbury memorial service to be held at ÃÛÌÒTV
August 4, 2015
A memorial service will be held for Lee Salisbury at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, in
the Salisbury Theatre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A reception will follow
in the Regents' Great Hall.
Lee H. Salisbury passed away on March 8, 2015, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Salisbury
was instrumental in establishing the theater department at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks. Theatre ÃÛÌÒTV today is housed in the College of Liberal Arts, which is home
to the arts, humanities, languages and social sciences at ÃÛÌÒTV.
Salisbury began teaching speech and drama at ÃÛÌÒTV in 1955. In over 30 years of teaching
at ÃÛÌÒTV, Salisbury directed nearly 100 plays. He also served on the Alaska Educational
Broadcast Commission from 1968-1979. Salisbury retired in 1988 as professor of speech
emeritus. On June 4, 1993, the theater on the Fairbanks campus, which Salisbury helped
design, was renamed in his honor.
The Interior theater community will honor Salisbury through monologues, songs and
performances. Anyone who has a story, anecdote or song is welcome to perform as well.
To participate on stage, please contact Lisa Salisbury at rosiecreek55@gmail.com.
If you wish to make a contribution to Theatre ÃÛÌÒTV in honor of Lee Salisbury, please
visit and select Theatre ÃÛÌÒTV from the "gift designation" section before submitting the
form. Gifts can also be made via check. Please make your check out to the "UA Foundation
Theatre ÃÛÌÒTV," and write "In memory of Lee Salisbury" in the memo line or in a note
accompanying your gift and mail to the UA Foundation, P.O. Box 755080, Fairbanks,
AK.
CONTACT: Naomi Horne, 907-474-6464, nehorne@alaska.edu