He was 87.
Associates call the Greenville native a prominent visionary in the American theater community.
Mangum died Wednesday. Funeral services were scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church. We remember him with admiration and gratitude. Mangum, who retired in 1982, taught at George Washington University after receiving his master's degree in theater and speech from Catholic University in Washington. There, he studied with renowned critic Walter Kerr.