Noel Korn; Helped Televise College-Credit Courses

Noel Korn, 76, a lifelong educator who was instrumental in televising college-credit courses over Los Angeles’ PBS television station, KCET. Educated in anthropology at New York University and UCLA, Korn established learning centers for minority and nontraditional college students at Cal State Northridge and Los Angeles City College. He taught anthropology and English at Valley Junior College, Northridge and UCLA. Moving into administration, he served as vice president of academic affairs at East Los Angeles College. After his retirement from that position, Korn was hired in 1986 as interim vice president of instructional services at Cerritos College in Norwalk. Always interested in making education available to underserved segments of the population, Korn worked extensively with public libraries and with the PBS station to air college-level classes. He was also a prolific writer of letters to The Times on government affairs. On May 8 in Los Angeles.