The following excerpt is from the obituary printed on May 9, 2008 by Steve Twedt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Harry R. Faulk left an imprint on Western Pennsylvania students and administrators that few educators can match.
From a community-based internship program he started for high school seniors in McKeesport, to helping Quaker Valley transform its curriculum into the computer age when he was in his 80s, Dr. Faulk is widely heralded as a visionary by those who worked with him.
"He was always an innovator, though you would never know it by his demeanor," said Jerry Longo, a University of Pittsburgh professor who was superintendent at Quaker Valley when Dr. Faulk worked with the district on its Digital School District project that assigned every student in grades three through 12 a laptop computer.
Though unassuming in his plain tie and blazer, Dr. Faulk "had the most creative mind," Dr. Longo said.
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