Komandosky, Ed and Susan

Biography

Ed Komandosky is a 1966 journalism graduate from Southwest Texas State College (now Texas State University), editor of the College Star (1964-65) and co-editor (1965-66).  He returned to Southwest Texas as an advisor to student publications from 1972 to 1974 while earning a master’s in journalism.  Mr. Komandosky currently serves on the College of Fine Arts and Communication Advisory Council and was inducted into the Fred Adams Hall of Honor (Texas State University) in 2004.

Susan Komandosky is a 1968 journalism graduate from Southwest Texas State College and former editor of the Pedagog.  Mrs. Komandosky is a retired journalism instructor.

LBJ100 Oral History Project

Topics of the conversation include President Johnson’s inauguration parade 1965, the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on Southwest Texas campus, Lyndon Johnson’s campus visit in 1966, newspaper coverage of visit by Lyndon Johnson to Taylor, Texas, and the Star and News Service coverage of Lyndon Johnson’s death.