Posts Tagged ‘John Kerr’
Jeanne Brodeur, 58, pioneering fundraiser
From QuickNooz Deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of former ’GBHer Jeanne Brodeur, who passed away Mon, 10/19 in California, where she served as VP for Development at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Jeanne started at WGBH in the 1970s right out of college, and worked in the Development department until 1980. She…
Read MoreJohn Kerr featured in national AP story
From the Associated Press Seasonal ranger John Kerr poses in front of the wilds Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Kerr, 69, retired as the public face of Boston public TV station WGBH and is now a park ranger. (AP Photo by Douglas C. Pizac) More Baby Boomers Head to Mountain West…
Read MoreThe MIT Professors (late 1950s)
From Don Hallock — 2000 Though this story isn’t strictly about television, it was making the rounds of MIT during the late ’50s, and found its way into the studio at 84 Mass. Ave. where I heard it. Our little tale concerns the devastatingly brilliant, and notoriously vague, Professor Norbert Wiener. Author of the landmark…
Read MoreAlways Charitable, Nancy England Succumbs to Cancer at 57
From Doug Smith I want to let you know that a former ‘GBHer, Nancy England, who worked there in the ’70s in development with Sam Tyler, John Carver, and John Kerr, died last week of cancer. Nancy was close to Christy Moore Millet, Lisa Getman Ellis, Jo Madden, and several others from that period. Christy…
Read MoreJohn Kerr: Stalwart at WGBH
Sam Allis, The Boston Globe — 4/11/2004 You know his face, if not his name, if you’ve ever channel-surfed through WGBH-TV during one of its fund-raising drives. He’s the one with glasses and beefy build of a lineman who stands square in front of the camera, guileless and earnest, trolling for dollars between cuts of…
Read MoreThe Party XVIII
248. Mai Cramer with Ron Della Chiesa. 249. Olivia Tappan, Russ Morash and Susie Doroney. 250. Gordy Mehlman and John McKnight. 251. Linda Morgenroth, Wendy Davidson and Moon Nimon. 252. Dave Coveney and Paula Apsell. 253. Ron Blau and Jean Wardle. 254. Susan Presson and Ashton Peery. 255. Henry Becton and Susan Presson 256. Bill Charrette, Paul Souza and Henry Becton. 257. John Kerr, Jim…
Read MoreThe Party III
92. Chris Pullman and Tom Sumida. 93. Tom Sumida, Chris Pullman, Paul Souza and Paul Solman. 94. Tom Sumida, Chris Pullman, Paul Souza, Doug Scott and Jeff Dunn. 95. Doug Scott and Paul Souza. 96. John Kerr, Mary Meadows, Hillary Kimmel and John Carver. 97. Debbie Dorsey and Michael Ambrosino. 98. David Atwood and Dick…
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