Lorenzo Wilson Milam (1933 - 2020)

Born 2 Aug 1933 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States

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Died 19 Jul 2020 at age 86 in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Biography

Lorenzo was born in 1933. He passed away in 2020.

Lorenzo Wilson Milam, born on August 2, 1933, in Jacksonville, Florida, died on July 19, 2020 in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, was an American writer and activist who was instrumental in starting many of the first listener-supported community radio stations in the United States, beginning with KRAB in Seattle in 1962.

He was called "the Johnny Appleseed of community radio."

Lorenzo Wilson Milam was born on Aug. 2, 1933, in Jacksonville, Fla. His father, Robert, was a lawyer and real estate investor. His mother, Meriel, was a homemaker.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Milam

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZC-BS7 : 29 January 2020), Lorenzo W Milam in household of Robt R Milam, Ward 15, Jacksonville, Election Precinct 15C, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-149, sheet 66B, line 59, family 330...

• "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNFP-ZZK : 9 August 2017), Lorenzo Milam, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; citing line 23, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,187.

• Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJKS-5R3 : 28 November 2014), Lorenzo W Milam, Feb 1958; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images...