Robin Monroe League, 89, Kansas City, MO, died October 22, 2011. League graduated in 1949 from the Goodman Theatre, School of Drama, Art Institute of Chicago with BFA and MFA degrees. During World War II he served as an NCO in the United States Army Air Force. In 1950, he joined the United States Air Force Reserve, and was active in many assignments as public affairs staff officer. Following an aggregate of 35 years of active and reserve service, he retired from the Air Force in 1982 with the rank of Colonel. He worked as a writer, actor, announcer and producer in theatre, radio and television in Chicago and Kansas City; was artistic director of Kansas City’s Resident Theatre in the mid-1950s, returning often as guest director. He was a copy chief and broadcast production director for area advertising agencies. For more than a quarter century he served on the faculty of the University of Kansas City (1950-1952) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (1967-1992) in the departments of Speech & Theatre, and Communication Studies. In 1955 he began writing stage plays. He served as an officer or on the boards of directors of many non-profit area organizations including the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. He was vice-president of the local chapter of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and was an active member of Actor’s Equity Association for 52 years.
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