Don E. Dedera, 90, died on March 3, 2020. During World War II he was promoted from U.S. Marine Corps technical school with a job specialty in combat photography and related darkroom skills. He was assigned to the Marine Motion Picture Production Unit based at Camp Pendleton, California. Upon discharge he matriculated at Arizona State College in the new English Department division in Journalism. As State Press editor, he expanded the campus newspaper from weekly to twice-weekly. In 1951 he graduated with honors and a BA in journalism. Don was hired that spring as reporter at The Arizona Republic. He wrote a weekly automobile advice column that led to the Republic's automotive special Sunday section. In 1954 he began writing a human interest column six days a week for the Arizona Republic. In 1958 his column won Scripps-Howard's Ernie Pyle Memorial Award "for newspaper writing most exemplifying the style and craftsmanship for which Ernie Pyle was known." In 1962 during the Cold War Don reported from the Soviet Union. He spent most of 1966 writing from and about Vietnam. In 1969 he accompanied Barry Goldwater's first and only extensive tour of war-torn Indochina. Over a period of 15 years Don won 16 Gold Quill Awards from the American Association of Business Communicators. In 1983 Don was named editor-in-chief of Arizona Highways magazine. A circulation decline was reversed, and an $8.5 million surplus was accumulated in the state's Magazine Trust Fund. He established an intern program that provided real-world experience and survival pay for a dozen aspiring young journalists. He received the President's Medal of the American Institute of Architects for Arizona Highways' May 1985 issue. During his tenure Arizona Highways was named the best magazine of its kind in the world. In 1962 Don helped establish ASU’s Alumni Scholarship Fund, and later twice chaired annual drives that raised millions from Sun Devil grads. He received the 1977 ASU Alumni Achievement Award. He was also inducted as a charter member into ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Hall of Fame. In his later years he lobbied for the establishment of an ASU satellite campus at Payson to offer university-quality, four-year schooling. His wife, Nancy nee Lenz, and their daughter, predeceased Don. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Anne Elizabeth, nee Kovel. At Don’s request, there will be no farewell service. His ashes will be scattered upon the Mazatzal's North Peak, with a view toward Payson, his favorite Arizona town. (Source: ASU Foundation)