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| − | '''Charles Benton''', is the Chairman and Trustee of the [[Benton Foundation]]. | + | '''Charles Benton''', is the Chairman and Trustee of the [[Benton Foundation]] and commission member of [[The Media Institute]]. |
"Charles Benton is also Chairman of [[Public Media]] Incorporated, a film and video publisher and distributor. He has led the Foundation through its evolution from a grantmaking to an operating foundation devoted generally to the field of communications. In 1978, President Carter appointed Charles as chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and as chairman of the first White House Conference on Library and Information Services, held in November 1979. In 1980, he was re-appointed for an additional 5-year-term, during which time he was elected chairman emeritus by unanimous vote of NCLIS commissioners. | "Charles Benton is also Chairman of [[Public Media]] Incorporated, a film and video publisher and distributor. He has led the Foundation through its evolution from a grantmaking to an operating foundation devoted generally to the field of communications. In 1978, President Carter appointed Charles as chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and as chairman of the first White House Conference on Library and Information Services, held in November 1979. In 1980, he was re-appointed for an additional 5-year-term, during which time he was elected chairman emeritus by unanimous vote of NCLIS commissioners. | ||
"From the fall of 1997 to December of 1998, Charles was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, also referred to as the "Gore Commission", whose final report was submitted to the Vice President on December 18, 1998. The Benton Foundation was designated by the co-chairs to serve as a home of the Advisory Committee legacy, acting as an institutional memory and tracking the debate on and progress of the Advisory Committee's report and recommendations." [http://www.benton.org/?q=about/whoweare] | "From the fall of 1997 to December of 1998, Charles was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, also referred to as the "Gore Commission", whose final report was submitted to the Vice President on December 18, 1998. The Benton Foundation was designated by the co-chairs to serve as a home of the Advisory Committee legacy, acting as an institutional memory and tracking the debate on and progress of the Advisory Committee's report and recommendations." [http://www.benton.org/?q=about/whoweare] | ||
Revision as of 05:59, 26 November 2006
Charles Benton, is the Chairman and Trustee of the Benton Foundation and commission member of The Media Institute.
"Charles Benton is also Chairman of Public Media Incorporated, a film and video publisher and distributor. He has led the Foundation through its evolution from a grantmaking to an operating foundation devoted generally to the field of communications. In 1978, President Carter appointed Charles as chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and as chairman of the first White House Conference on Library and Information Services, held in November 1979. In 1980, he was re-appointed for an additional 5-year-term, during which time he was elected chairman emeritus by unanimous vote of NCLIS commissioners.
"From the fall of 1997 to December of 1998, Charles was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, also referred to as the "Gore Commission", whose final report was submitted to the Vice President on December 18, 1998. The Benton Foundation was designated by the co-chairs to serve as a home of the Advisory Committee legacy, acting as an institutional memory and tracking the debate on and progress of the Advisory Committee's report and recommendations." [1]
