George E. Probst
1917-1986
George E. Probst was born on July 6, 1917. He began his career in broadcasting and education in 1944 as the Executive Director of the Office of Radio and Television at the University of Chicago. He held this post for ten years, during which time he founded, directed and produced the nationally aired NBC discussion program University of Chicago Roundtable. From 1949 to 1950, Probst organized and directed the committee that presented before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the case for assigning television channels for education. In 1954, he served as director of both radio and television programming for WGBH (Boston, MA). In 1958, Probst produced, directed and wrote Democracy in America, a series based on Alexis de Tocqueville's observations of American life and politics.
George Probst served on many broadcasting and educational organizations. From 1955 to 1983, he served as President of the Broadcast Foundation of America, an organization he co-founded. He was also the Executive Director of the National Commission for Cooperative Education from 1966 to 1976. Finally, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Office of Education from 1968 to 1976.
George E. Probst died on September 9, 1986.
Bibliography:
Articles:
- Probst, George E. "Liberal Education and Social-Science Class Discussion," The School Review, Vol. 57, No. 3 (March 1949): 158-164.
- Probst, George E. and Joyce. F. Kinnison. "An Exploratory Investigation of Liberal Arts Cooperative Education Programs," Journal of Cooperative Education, Vol. 14, No. 1 (November 1977): 16-23.
Books:
- Probst, George E., ed. The happy Republic: a reader in Tocqueville's America. Gloucester, MA: P. Smith, 1962.
- Probst, George E. Programmed learning in the schools: tasks for 1962. New York: Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, 1962.
- Probst, George E. and Joyce F. Kinnison. Education for the self-built self: an exploratory investigation of liberal arts cooperative education programs in higher education. Montreat, NC: Montreat-Anderson College, 1976.
- Probst, George E. and David Sarnoff, eds. The indispensable man; The story of Thomas Alva Edison's life and inventive genius seen in 130 photographs. New York: Shorewood Press, 1962.
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