COMPANY

Owner of PBS and NPR, created by Act of Congress in 1967.

Official Website:
http://www.cpb.org/

Industry:
Media

Corporate headquarters:
Washington, DC

Sales:
$426M (2003)

Employees:
100 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Patricia S. Harrison	Business	?		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
John Edward Porter	Politician	1-Jun-1935		Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001
Kenneth Tomlinson	Business	3-Aug-1944		Corporation for Public Broadcasting

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gay Hart Gaines	Administrator	11-Feb-1938		Chairman of GOPAC, 1993-97
Cheryl F. Halpern	Government	?		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
David Pryor	Politician	29-Aug-1934		US Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97
Ernest J. Wilson III	Educator	c. 1948		Dean, Annenberg School for Communication

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.	Business	c. 1936		Billionaire, Continental Cablevision

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Diana Lady Dougan	Diplomat	13-Jan-1943		Former US Ambassador
Robben W. Fleming	Educator	18-Dec-1916	10-Jan-2010	President, University of Michigan, 1968-78
William L. Hanley, Jr.	Business	27-Jan-1940		Lexington Management Group
Kenneth Tomlinson	Business	3-Aug-1944		Corporation for Public Broadcasting

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert L. Johnson	Business	8-Apr-1946		CEO of BET

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christopher Hitchens	Journalist	13-Apr-1949	15-Dec-2011	Agent provocateur
Jeane Kirkpatrick	Government	19-Nov-1926	7-Dec-2006	Reagan's UN Ambassador
Joan W. Konner	Journalist	c. 1929		Dean, Columbia School of Journalism, 1988-97
Mara Liasson	Journalist	13-Jun-1955		Fox News political analyst
Michael Novak	Religion	9-Sep-1933		The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
Clarence Page	Columnist	2-Jun-1947		Newspaper columnist, talking head
Dennis B. Ross	Diplomat	c. 1949		US Middle East Envoy, 1992-2000

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