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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Frank Washington.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Frank Washington.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Washington, Frank, 1947-
  • Lesure, Jacques
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 17 min., 36 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Federal administrator and corporate executive Frank Washington was born on December 27, 1947 in Washington, D.C. In 1971, Washington graduated from Cornell University and later attended Yale University Law School where he graduated in 1974. After working as a lawyer at the law firm of Arnold and Porter, in 1976, Washington earned a position in Jimmy Carter's White House Administration working with the Telecommunications Policy and overseeing cable and broadcasting as Deputy Chief of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadcast Bureau. In 1981, Washington became the vice president of Time Mirror Company; and in 1984, he joined McClatchy Newspapers as vice president of electronic communications. From 1989 to 1995, Washington served as general partner in cable television limited partnerships located throughout the U.S. He went on to serve as the CEO and president of the computer technology solutions provider, System Integrator, Inc. in 1996. From 2004 to 2008, Washington was the chairman and CEO of Tower of Babel.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Frank Washington
  • Frank Washington
Subject
  • Washington, Frank, 1947- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Broadcast Chief Executive Media Executive
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
1003150607
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Frank Washington.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
021736
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded Los Angeles, California 2008 April 1.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Broadcast Chief Executive Media Executive.
Added Author
Washington, Frank, 1947- interviewee.
Lesure, Jacques, interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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