Kimberly John DeLong, 67, passed away on September 22, 2017. He attended Eastern Washington University then went to Graduate School at Cornell University in New York. After finishing at Cornell in 1974, he moved to Denver and later to Anchorage, Alaska where he began teaching theatre at the University of Alaska for four years. He next moved to Phoenix, AZ where he taught for four years at ASU. He returned to Montana in 1989 where he served as the Chair of the Theatre Dept. at Carroll College in Helena for 16 years. There he enhanced its programming, faculty and facilities and eventually became Fine Arts Chair. In 1997, Kim co-founded the Montana Shakespeare Company and produced "A Midsummer Night's Dream," as its inaugural production. Over the course of 20 years, MSC rose from humble beginnings to an annual summer repertory company, bringing professional actors from across the country to perform with Montana talent. In 2005, Kim departed Carroll to focus his energies on MSC and screenwriting. Kim was a member of Actors Equity Association (stage) and the Screen Actors Guild (film). He worked in theatre from coast to coast and also in film and TV. In 2016 he performed in his final Shakespeare as King Lear. He leaves behind his wife, Martha Sprague, three daughters and three siblings. A memorial service is being planned for Saturday, November 4, 2017. (Source: ASU Foundation)