Arthur Mcquiddy

Graveside services will be held Friday, April 11 at 3:30pm at South Park Cemetery for Arthur Robert McQuiddy, age 95 who died March 25th at Pecos Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, of heart failure. Reverend Dale Plummer of St. Andrews Episcopal Church will officiate.

Born August 22, 1918 in Sedalia, Missouri, Mr. McQuiddy, the son of Jesse Harris and Helen Nicholson McQuiddy, was a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Missouri. He held the equivalent of a MBA from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and also was a graduate of The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC in public policy issues. At the University of Missouri he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and among other honors was president of QEBH, the Senior Men Honorary Fraternity.

During World War II he served with distinction as a Naval Aviator throughout several Pacific campaigns. He was a pilot in one of the famous Black Cat Squadrons and was highly decorated for numerous air sea rescue missions.

McQuiddy moved to Roswell in the fall of 1946 when he became editor of the Roswell Morning Dispatch and liked to recall that he was editor of that paper on the day the flying saucer crashed near Roswell in July, 1947. In 1949, he married Aleen Frampton Hinkle, daughter of Rolla and Marian Hinkle and granddaughter of Governor James F. Hinkle.

Subsequently he became Executive Secretary of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association and from that position commenced a career in corporate public relations, which included 19 years with United States Steel Corporation. He was appointed Director of Public Relations of USS in New York City, after working in Los Angeles, CA and Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1968 he joined International Harvester in Chicago in a senior executive position as Corporate Vice PresidentCommunications. He won numerous professional honors including being the first public relations executive to serve as president of the prestigious New York City newspaper chapter of Sigma Delta Chi and had several speeches he wrote included in the Congressional Record. In Chicago he was elected Vice President of the National Safety Council and served as vice chairman of the Greater Chicago United Way. He and his wife retired to Roswell in 1980. Later, he served as the Director of Conventions and Visitors Bureau and Economic Development Specialist for Roswell through the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, reretiring in 1991.

Art McQuiddy served as President, Chaves County Historical Society, founded the CCHS Foundation, and was President of the New Mexico Rehabilitation Center Foundation for over 30 years. He had served on the boards of the United Way, the Roswell Symphony, the Roswell Museum and Art Center and its Foundation, and the State of New Mexico Humanities Commission. He was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and had served on the vestry in Roswell and Salt Lake City. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Pioneer Savings Bank for 25 years.

Survivors include his daughter, Amanda and soninlaw Nicholas C. Kent his brotherinlaw, Rolla R. Hinkle II and his wife Marge his two nephews, Rolla R. Hinkle III and his wife Rosemary Madison M. Hinkle and his wife, Susan two nieces, Patricia McQuiddy Merry McQuiddy. His wife Aleen died in 2007 and his daughter Marian in 2006. His mother, his father and one brother, Edgar McQuiddy also preceded him in death.

In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the newly founded McQuiddy Mentorship Award, or to ones favorite charity. Contributions can be sent to The McQuiddy Mentorship Award co Jim McClelland, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, 2602 N. Main Street, Roswell, NM 88201.

Service

Graveside Service

South Park Cemetery
3101 S. Main St.
Roswell, NM  88203
Friday, April 11, 2014
3:30 PM

Cemetery

South Park Cemetery
3101 S. Main St.
Roswell, NM  88203

Memorial Contributions

2602 N. Main Street
Roswell, NM  88201