Service Electric Cable TV President John Walson Jr. dies

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2012/08/john_walson_jr_service_electri.html FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES Service Electric Cable TV & Communications President John Walson Jr. has died, the Bethlehem-based company announced today. Walson, 63, son of founder John Walson Sr., died Sunday at his home in South Whitehall Township after being diagnosed with terminal cancer a few weeks ago, according to Andy Himmelwright, general manager of Service Electric Cable TV-2. Walson had been with the company for 38 years. Himmelwright credited him with continuing the vision of his father, who is credited with inventing cable television. “John really took his father’s dream … and really grew it to the next plateau,” Himmelwright said.