RAYMOND HENRY ADLER - Acclaimed Times Herald photo editor
Raymond Henry Adler, who headed the Dallas Times Herald photography department when it won two Pulitzer Prizes, died Friday at Baylor University Medical Center from complications of pneumonia. He was 60.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer Road, Plano.
Mr. Adler started his photojournalism career with a 10-month stint at the Austin American-Statesman in the late 1960s. He then took a job with the Dallas Times Herald as a photographer. In his 17 years there, he moved up to lead the photography and graphics departments.
Jim Henderson, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle's Dallas bureau, described Mr. Adler as an efficient editor with an eye for talent.
"Ray was a funny guy. He tried to effect a kind of curmudgeonly attitude," Mr. Henderson said. "In spite of his hard-nosed, gruff demeanor, he was really a good, gentle kind of guy."
During Mr. Adler's tenure, the newspaper won two of its three Pulitzer Prizes, both in feature photography, in 1980 and 1983.
"He ran the operation like a boot camp. Everything was done and done the way it was supposed to be done," Mr. Henderson said. "He really built a good, solid photo staff and was very protective of it."
Mr. Adler was born June 12, 1942, in Dallas, where he spent most of his life. He graduated in 1961 from South Oak Cliff High School.
In 1962, he married Mary, and the two celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. In 1968, he earned a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M-Commerce.
Mr. Adler quit the Times Herald in the late 1980s and started a public relations firm, Adler Communications Group.
"He just wanted to run his own business and marketing and PR and that sort of thing," Mrs. Adler said.
The company started out representing small technology firms and later branched out to include area children's hospitals, said Mr. Henderson, who often teased his friend about his new career plans "because of his kind of gruff nature."
"I was surprised how well he did at that," Mr. Henderson said. "He didn't just sit around and wait for business to come to him. I always admired him for that."
Along with his wife, Mr. Adler is survived by his daughter, Terrie Tatum of Plano; brother Lee Adler of Bowie; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, 3530 Forest Lane, Suite 105, Dallas, TX 75234.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Sunday, December 29, 2002
Burial location not known
Raymond Henry Adler, who headed the Dallas Times Herald photography department when it won two Pulitzer Prizes, died Friday at Baylor University Medical Center from complications of pneumonia. He was 60.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer Road, Plano.
Mr. Adler started his photojournalism career with a 10-month stint at the Austin American-Statesman in the late 1960s. He then took a job with the Dallas Times Herald as a photographer. In his 17 years there, he moved up to lead the photography and graphics departments.
Jim Henderson, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle's Dallas bureau, described Mr. Adler as an efficient editor with an eye for talent.
"Ray was a funny guy. He tried to effect a kind of curmudgeonly attitude," Mr. Henderson said. "In spite of his hard-nosed, gruff demeanor, he was really a good, gentle kind of guy."
During Mr. Adler's tenure, the newspaper won two of its three Pulitzer Prizes, both in feature photography, in 1980 and 1983.
"He ran the operation like a boot camp. Everything was done and done the way it was supposed to be done," Mr. Henderson said. "He really built a good, solid photo staff and was very protective of it."
Mr. Adler was born June 12, 1942, in Dallas, where he spent most of his life. He graduated in 1961 from South Oak Cliff High School.
In 1962, he married Mary, and the two celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. In 1968, he earned a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M-Commerce.
Mr. Adler quit the Times Herald in the late 1980s and started a public relations firm, Adler Communications Group.
"He just wanted to run his own business and marketing and PR and that sort of thing," Mrs. Adler said.
The company started out representing small technology firms and later branched out to include area children's hospitals, said Mr. Henderson, who often teased his friend about his new career plans "because of his kind of gruff nature."
"I was surprised how well he did at that," Mr. Henderson said. "He didn't just sit around and wait for business to come to him. I always admired him for that."
Along with his wife, Mr. Adler is survived by his daughter, Terrie Tatum of Plano; brother Lee Adler of Bowie; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, 3530 Forest Lane, Suite 105, Dallas, TX 75234.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Sunday, December 29, 2002
Burial location not known
RAYMOND HENRY ADLER - Acclaimed Times Herald photo editor
Raymond Henry Adler, who headed the Dallas Times Herald photography department when it won two Pulitzer Prizes, died Friday at Baylor University Medical Center from complications of pneumonia. He was 60.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer Road, Plano.
Mr. Adler started his photojournalism career with a 10-month stint at the Austin American-Statesman in the late 1960s. He then took a job with the Dallas Times Herald as a photographer. In his 17 years there, he moved up to lead the photography and graphics departments.
Jim Henderson, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle's Dallas bureau, described Mr. Adler as an efficient editor with an eye for talent.
"Ray was a funny guy. He tried to effect a kind of curmudgeonly attitude," Mr. Henderson said. "In spite of his hard-nosed, gruff demeanor, he was really a good, gentle kind of guy."
During Mr. Adler's tenure, the newspaper won two of its three Pulitzer Prizes, both in feature photography, in 1980 and 1983.
"He ran the operation like a boot camp. Everything was done and done the way it was supposed to be done," Mr. Henderson said. "He really built a good, solid photo staff and was very protective of it."
Mr. Adler was born June 12, 1942, in Dallas, where he spent most of his life. He graduated in 1961 from South Oak Cliff High School.
In 1962, he married Mary, and the two celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. In 1968, he earned a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M-Commerce.
Mr. Adler quit the Times Herald in the late 1980s and started a public relations firm, Adler Communications Group.
"He just wanted to run his own business and marketing and PR and that sort of thing," Mrs. Adler said.
The company started out representing small technology firms and later branched out to include area children's hospitals, said Mr. Henderson, who often teased his friend about his new career plans "because of his kind of gruff nature."
"I was surprised how well he did at that," Mr. Henderson said. "He didn't just sit around and wait for business to come to him. I always admired him for that."
Along with his wife, Mr. Adler is survived by his daughter, Terrie Tatum of Plano; brother Lee Adler of Bowie; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, 3530 Forest Lane, Suite 105, Dallas, TX 75234.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Sunday, December 29, 2002
Burial location not known
Raymond Henry Adler, who headed the Dallas Times Herald photography department when it won two Pulitzer Prizes, died Friday at Baylor University Medical Center from complications of pneumonia. He was 60.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer Road, Plano.
Mr. Adler started his photojournalism career with a 10-month stint at the Austin American-Statesman in the late 1960s. He then took a job with the Dallas Times Herald as a photographer. In his 17 years there, he moved up to lead the photography and graphics departments.
Jim Henderson, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle's Dallas bureau, described Mr. Adler as an efficient editor with an eye for talent.
"Ray was a funny guy. He tried to effect a kind of curmudgeonly attitude," Mr. Henderson said. "In spite of his hard-nosed, gruff demeanor, he was really a good, gentle kind of guy."
During Mr. Adler's tenure, the newspaper won two of its three Pulitzer Prizes, both in feature photography, in 1980 and 1983.
"He ran the operation like a boot camp. Everything was done and done the way it was supposed to be done," Mr. Henderson said. "He really built a good, solid photo staff and was very protective of it."
Mr. Adler was born June 12, 1942, in Dallas, where he spent most of his life. He graduated in 1961 from South Oak Cliff High School.
In 1962, he married Mary, and the two celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. In 1968, he earned a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M-Commerce.
Mr. Adler quit the Times Herald in the late 1980s and started a public relations firm, Adler Communications Group.
"He just wanted to run his own business and marketing and PR and that sort of thing," Mrs. Adler said.
The company started out representing small technology firms and later branched out to include area children's hospitals, said Mr. Henderson, who often teased his friend about his new career plans "because of his kind of gruff nature."
"I was surprised how well he did at that," Mr. Henderson said. "He didn't just sit around and wait for business to come to him. I always admired him for that."
Along with his wife, Mr. Adler is survived by his daughter, Terrie Tatum of Plano; brother Lee Adler of Bowie; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, 3530 Forest Lane, Suite 105, Dallas, TX 75234.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Sunday, December 29, 2002
Burial location not known
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