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Theodore L. Deglin, known as Ted, was Madison Square Garden's public relations director from 1935 until he entered the Army in 1942. He became a colonel and was awarded the Legion of Merit in 1945 for his work as a public relations officer with Army forces in the western Pacific. In 1946, he became the president of a new, Manhattan-based public relations firm, Deglin-Wood Inc., with clients including Madison Square Garden Corporation, 21 Brands, and Wine Producers of California Ltd. The firm later became Ted Deglin & Associates. He was the president of Broadcast Associates, and the founder of WBAI-FM in New York in 1955. He was a member of the board of directors of the USO for the New York metropolitan area from 1961-95. Mr. Deglin was born in Philadelphia and received a bachelor's degree in 1930 from the University of Arizona. Theodore L. Deglin, died in Manhattan on Aug. 15, 2000 at the age of 92 and lived on the Upper East Side. Deglin, is survived by his wife, the former Ann Reirden, whom he married in 1961 after three early and brief marriages; twin daughters, Dorian Scammon of Hopkinton, N.H., and Kane Peterson of Westport, Conn.; and six grandchildren.