Dominic A. Infante
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Dominic A. Infante (February 23, 1940 – January 12, 2014) was a communication scholar, professor, and author. In addition to shorter teaching terms at other universities, he served as a professor in The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University for 19 years. Widely known for his research on communication theory and verbal aggressiveness, he was revered as a prolific scholar in the field of communication studies and made a great impact on many of his students and colleagues.
Personal life and education
On February 23, 1940, in Youngstown, Ohio, Dominic was born to Joseph J. and Maline Infante. Infante earned his undergraduate degree in 1962 from Bowling Green State University. As a BGSU student, he involved himself on campus as a player on the Falcon football team, a member of the Falcon Forensics & Debate Team, and brother of the Zeta Lambda chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He later went on to gain his master's of arts and Ph.D. from Kent State University, where he was the doctoral program's first-ever graduate.
While in his twenties, Infante studied and trained with Grace Straw Wilson of Youngstown and Bryce Fogle of New York City in voice as an operatic tenor singer. Besides singing, Infante also enjoyed partaking in traveling, sports, fishing, boating, and competitive shooting with the North-South Skirmish Association.
Infante died on January 12, 2014, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio at the age of 73 after battling an illness.
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