Gerard (Jerry) Appy
1921-1990
Biographical Information:
Gerard (Jerry) Appy's career in educational television began in 1955 as associate director of the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Georgia. There, he helped organize the University's educational television station WGTV which went on the air on May 23, 1960.
In 1962, Appy was elected to the National Educational Television's Affiliate Committee which he then chaired from mid-1963 to about mid-1964. At that time, he resigned the position to help start the Educational Television Services Division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB). For six months, working with C. Scott Fletcher, Appy served as vice president of ETS and encouraged stations to join.
In 1965, Jerry Appy returned to National Educational Television to serve as Director of Field Services (1965-1966) and then Vice President for Network Affairs (1967-1970). When NET merged with WNDT in 1970, he stayed at the resulting WNET as vice president until 1981. He also served as a member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) board. From 1981 to 1986 he served as executive director of Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Jerry Appy died on June 24th, 1990.
Bibliography:
- Appy, Gerard. "NAEB and the Professional," NAEB Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4 (July-August 1963): pp. 3-5.
- Georgia Center for Continuing Education. [Basic issues of man]; program manual [by] Thomas W. Mahler and Gerard L. Appy. For use with six essays and twelve television films. Athens, GA: c1963.
Other resources
Oral history interview by Jim Robertson, 1982
