Ralph Rogers
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Ralph B. Rogers (1909-1997) was an American industrialist, philanthropist and PBS executive, called the "Founding Father of the Public Broadcasting Service."
He was born in Boston and was educated at Northeastern University. As a businessman, Rogers worked for or ran many industrial firms, including Cummins Diesel Engine, Edwards Company, Hill and Rogers Diesel and Aircraft, Armstrong Rubber Export, and Rogers International.
In 1950, he started work with Texas Industries in Dallas and by 1951 he was chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of this company. It became a Fortune 500 company with many interests but remains focused on cement production.
Rogers became civically and politically active in the 1960s. In 1972, he is credited with saving the Public Broadcasting System during the Nixon Administration. He later co-founded the Children's Television Workshop, and became a significant philanthropist, primarily in the Dallas area.
[edit] External links
- Ralph Rogers Society of the Friends of KERA
- NPBA - Papers of Ralph B. Rogers - UM Libraries Papers at the University of Maryland, College Park
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