Sunday, July 8, 2018

Dr. Stanley V. Forge and Mrs. Dorothy J. Forgue


















Though Stanley V. Forgue did not his adult life in Sandusky, Ohio, he was born in Sandusky in 1916, to Napoleon Forgue and Mary Smith Forgue. Stanley was the grandson of Adam J. Smith, who was one of the owners of the Smith Hardware store in Sandusky. Stanley lost his mother when he was young, but he frequently visited his grandparents in Sandusky. According to a news article which appeared in the Ocala Star-Banner,  Stanley V. Forgue earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree from Ohio State University. His majors were electrical engineering and physics. Dr. Forgue spent many years as a research and project engineer for R.C.A. Dr. Forgue was one of the inventors of the Vidicon tube, which was a major advancement in the history and technology of television.  After working for in the R.C.A.  Laboratories for thirty years, Dr. Forgue taught physics at Central Florida Community College. In 1942, Stanley V. Forgue married Dorothy Jeanne Huber, an educator. Mrs. Dorothy Jeanne Forgue died in Florida in 1992. Some time after the death of his wife, Professor Forgue moved to Indiana, where he died in 2001. The final resting place of Stanley V. Forgue and his wife Dorothy Jeanne Forgue is at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.

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