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Douglas F. Bodwell Papers
Processed by: Bryan
Cornell, October 1992
Revised by: Bryan Cornell, December 1992
0.25 lin. ft.
Abstract
From 1974 to 1998, Bodwell worked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as director of the Office of Education, an office he created. As CPB's chief education officer, he planned, developed goals, and assigned activities to senior management while also retaining complete authority for the Office of Education. 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. 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 has 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. This collection consists of materials Bodwell collected regarding Operation Alphabet, a twenty-week television program on WFIL-TV, Philadelphia, teaching adult literacy.
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