NEWS RELEASE, 4/11/97 Memorial celebration schedules for Travis Bogard

by Gretchen Kell

Berkeley -- A memorial celebration of the life of Travis Bogard, one of the foremost authorities in the world on playwright Eugene O'Neill and a professor emeritus of dramatic art at the University of California at Berkeley, will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, in UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Playhouse. The public is invited. Bogard, who also was the artistic catalyst for the non-profit Eugene O'Neill Foundation, died April 5 after a short illness. He was 79. Donations in his memory can be sent to the Eugene O'Neill Foundation, P.O. Box 402, Danville, CA, 94526; the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Northern California, 1900 Powell, Emeryville, CA, 94608; and the Aurora Theatre Co., 2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA, 94704.