Douglas F. Bodwell
1942-1998

Biographical Information:

From 1974 to 1998, Douglas F. Bodwell worked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as director of the Office of Education, which he created. While at CPB, Bodwell worked on the Annenberg/CPB project as first advisee to the president, Deputy Director, and finally as the Director of the project. His duties for the project included the development of a $10,000,000 annual funding project for educational telecommunications, as well as work on funding and planning for The Brain, The Constitution: that Delicate Balance, Congress: We the People, The Mechanical Universe, and For All Practical Purposes: Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics. From 1983 to 1985, he served as Executive Assistant to the President of CPB. In this job, he advised and assisted in policy and administrative matters, while also developing projects with Corporations in Support of Public Television. In addition, he advised on Kids America and Project Literacy US. In 1990, Bodwell launched a project on President and Governors' Year 2000 Education Goals. He also helped fund instructional television, conducted national surveys, promoted educational television nationally, and obtained funding for the Emmy award winners 3-2-1-Contact, Reading Rainbow, and Square One TV. Finally, he served as a CPB appointee to PBS Elementary/Secondary Service Advisory Committee.

Douglas F. Bodwell died on February 16, 1998

Bibliography:

Articles

• Bodwell, Douglas F. "A Perspective on Public Broadcasting and Education," Social Education, Vol. 52 (September 1988): pp. 354-7
• Bodwell, Douglas F. "A Special Kind of Television," PTA Today, Vol. 10, No. 7 (May 1985): pp. 16-17

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