Obit: Henry Loomis at 89...director of Voice of America in late 50's/early 60's

[CrankyYankee]

Mr. Loomis resigned from the VOA post in 1965 and was appointed by President Nixon as president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1972.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/us/14loomis.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin

 

[cceng1]

In the late 70s, he was President of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) which funds some functions of NPR, PBS and many public radio stations in the US. I met him several times at NPR affiliates meetings when I was working in public radio. His family had a private island off of Apalachicola, FL called St. Vincent Island, which is now a National Wildlife Reserve maintained by the US Fish and Wildlife Department. The island was given to the US government by the Loomis family.

 

[David67]

Mr. Loomis resigned from the VOA post in 1965 and was appointed by President Nixon as president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1972.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/us/14loomis.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin

Didn't one of the head's of the Voice of America commit suicide in the 1950s after being questioned by Roy Cohn and the UnAmerican Activities Committee?