Arthur Rense

Arthur F. Rense was a sports journalist for the Los Angeles Daily News [1] and director of Public Relations for Howard R. Hughes' Summa Corporation [2].

[edit] Biography

Arthur Rense was born in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Austrian-Italian immigrant parents. After graduating from Ohio State University with a degree in English, Rense served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Rense then moved to Los Angeles and joined the original Los Angeles Daily News as a sportswriter. In 1954 Rense joined United Press as a reporter, and later went on to publish and edit a magazine group that included "The Art Rense Sports Book: Professional Football", the first magazine devoted exclusively to professional football. [3]

Between 1959 and 1974 Rense handled public relations for the Douglas Aircraft Company, Missiles and Space division (pre-McDonnell-Douglas) [4] [5]. In the mid-1970's Rense became public relations specialist for Harvey Mudd College [6], and later collaborated with football great Tom Harmon on Tom Harmon's Football Today in Las Vegas [7]. After that Rense worked on public relations for hotels in Las Vegas owned by the Summa Corporation, mainly the Desert Inn. [8] On Dec. 28, 1990 Rense died of leukemia at the age of 74.[9] According to his wife Paige Rense he passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.[10].