Tomlinson, Kenneth Y.
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Name (Latin)
Tomlinson, Kenneth Y.
Date of birth
1944-08-03
Date of death
2014-05-01
Field of activity
Broadcasting
Journalism
Occupation
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Washington post WWW site, May 7, 2014(Kenneth Y. Tomlinson; Kenneth Young Tomlinson was born Aug. 3, 1944, in Mount Airy, N.C.; died May 1 [2014], Winchester, Va., at 69; pursued his journalism career at Reader's Digest; worked in the Washington bureau and as a foreign correspondent before rising to top editorial positions, including editor in chief, before retiring in 1996; chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; took a hiatus from Reader's Digest in 1982 when Republican President Ronald Reagan nominated him director of Voice of America; in 2000, President Bill Clinton named him to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; from 2002 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors; in 2005 hestepped down from the CPB board)
- Hubbell, J.G. P.O.W., 1976:t.p. (Kenneth Y. Tomlinson)