Thomas Michael Kengla
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Mr. Kengla, a Bethesda native and graduate of Albert Einstein High School, was working for the U.S. Postal Service when he began volunteering for Montgomery Community Television. He quit the postal job in 1997, after 17 years, to become a full-time employee of the community-access cable station.
He was a producer and director of the MCT talk show "News Counterpoint," producer and editor of the Maryland Grain Producers Association series "Focus on the Farm," producer of "Tack Room" and director and editor of "Inside the Blues." He also produced photos and videos about herbal remedies with Dr. James A. Duke, author of several books on herbal health remedies.
Mr. Kengla also made training videos for parents of children with disabilities, job-hunting films for at-risk youths and documentary projects about Montgomery County agriculture. He was MCT's manager of operations and computer technology before he resigned in 2003. He then worked at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring and operated his own video production company.
Mr. Kengla also was the video director and editor of two full-length features, "In Search of Glory" and "Goodbye, Merry-Go-Round." He also helped set up two annual Christmas light shows at Brookside Gardens.
He attended Montgomery College and West Virginia University. As a youth, he played banjo and guitar with a popular local bluegrass band, Brandy Station, and produced bluegrass performances across the county. In his early forties, Mr. Kengla was a bronco rider in East Coast rodeos until a back injury sidelined him.
His marriages to Peggy Smalling Billerman, Dorothy Dowling, Terri Greene Mort and Donna Kengla ended in divorce.
Survivors include his companion, Carolyn Murphy of Rockville; a daughter from his first marriage, Donna Coe of Monticello, Ga.; two daughters from his third marriage, Kimberly Kengla and Jessica Kengla, both of Frederick; two sisters; and seven grandchildren.
He was a producer and director of the MCT talk show "News Counterpoint," producer and editor of the Maryland Grain Producers Association series "Focus on the Farm," producer of "Tack Room" and director and editor of "Inside the Blues." He also produced photos and videos about herbal remedies with Dr. James A. Duke, author of several books on herbal health remedies.
Mr. Kengla also made training videos for parents of children with disabilities, job-hunting films for at-risk youths and documentary projects about Montgomery County agriculture. He was MCT's manager of operations and computer technology before he resigned in 2003. He then worked at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring and operated his own video production company.
Mr. Kengla also was the video director and editor of two full-length features, "In Search of Glory" and "Goodbye, Merry-Go-Round." He also helped set up two annual Christmas light shows at Brookside Gardens.
He attended Montgomery College and West Virginia University. As a youth, he played banjo and guitar with a popular local bluegrass band, Brandy Station, and produced bluegrass performances across the county. In his early forties, Mr. Kengla was a bronco rider in East Coast rodeos until a back injury sidelined him.
His marriages to Peggy Smalling Billerman, Dorothy Dowling, Terri Greene Mort and Donna Kengla ended in divorce.
Survivors include his companion, Carolyn Murphy of Rockville; a daughter from his first marriage, Donna Coe of Monticello, Ga.; two daughters from his third marriage, Kimberly Kengla and Jessica Kengla, both of Frederick; two sisters; and seven grandchildren.