Albert Taylor Scroggins Jr., 89, a World War II veteran and former dean of the University of South Carolina's journalism school, died Saturday after an extended illness.
Scroggins served in the South Pacific in the Navy during World War II. He led journalism and campus publications programs at the University of South Florida, and at Southern Illinois and Samford universities. He retired from the University of South Carolina in 1985 after 20 years as its journalism dean.
The Associated Press
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