Celebration service to honor Harold Tedford to be held August 13

A celebration service for Harold Tedford, professor emeritus of theatre, will be held on August 13, at 2 p.m. in the Scales Fine Arts Center. Professor Tedford passed away on Oct. 20, 2021.

“Dad was adamant that we have a party and not a funeral, so that’s what we are doing,” said Rosalind Tedford, director of research and instruction at the ZSR Library. “We would love to see as many friends as can make it.

The tribute will be at Harold Tedford Main Stage with a reception following in the lobby. RSVP on the Louder, Faster, Funnier! A celebration of the life of Harold Tedford website.

Professor Tedford joined Wake Forest’s faculty in 1965 and retired in 1998. During his tenure he taught, mentored, inspired, amused and uplifted innumerable students and faculty. He directed over 40 plays, he taught at Wake’s Worrell House twice, he took hundreds of students and community members on trips to New York and London to immerse themselves in theatre, and he helped design and fulfill his dream of a new Fine Arts Center on the campus in 1976.

In 2016, the Main Stage at Wake Forest’s Scales Fine Arts Center was renamed the Harold Tedford Main Stage in his honor.