GEORGE M. RING

GEORGE M. RING, a pioneer in the cable television industry, the founder of Wireless Cable International, Inc., and a former Wesleyan trustee and parent, died June 7, 2013. He was 70. He received his BS and MBA from Seton Hall University, on whose Board of Regents he served for 20 years. During the Vietnam War, he served in the U.S. Army and was highly decorated for his service. He was later inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Ga. After leaving the Army, he joined Chase Manhattan Bank and in the 1970s he entered the cable television industry on the manufacturing side as financial comptroller of Coral, Inc. In 1976 he started his own company, Cross Country Cable. By 1990 he had embraced wireless cable technology and founded Wireless Cable International, Inc. He was very involved in his community and sat on many boards including as a Trustee of Wesleyan. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Ring; his son, Justin A. Ring ’98; his daughter, Francesca E. O’Grady ’02; his brother and sister; and many nieces and nephews.