He is heard at the beginning of every hour on both KWGS and Classical 88.7. That magnificent voice belonged to Edward Dumit. He died yesterday. The native Tulsan was 84.
Generations of students learned the art of broadcasting and proper diction under his tutelage at the University Tulsa. Dumit, Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication, served TU for 38 years as a teacher of broadcasting courses and as manager, program director, and arts producer of public radio station KWGS.
Following retirement in 1993, he continued until 2001 as producer and host of public radio broadcasts of concerts of the OK Mozart International Festival and Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. Dumit presented preview lectures for every major Tulsa Opera production from 1970 to 1995 and hosted the preview feature preceding each Tulsa Philharmonic Masterworks concert from 1992 to 2001.
Among his awards are Oklahoma Governor’s Arts Award (1993), Harwelden-Kathleen P. Westby Lifetime Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts (1990), and Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Award (1998). He was TU’s Mr. Homecoming 1986 and has been inducted into Tulsa Central High School’s Alumni Hall of Fame. In 2004 he was named by the Tulsa Press Club as a Tulsa Radio Icon. In 2008 he was inducted into the University of Tulsa Communication Hall of Fame. He was also initiated as an alumnus member into TU's Beta of Oklahoma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 2012.
Services are pending.