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Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. [2] (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping the format and philosophy of commercial broadcasting as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment medium.
The Washington City Orphan Asylum was established after the War of 1812 due to the number of homeless boys and girls in the District of Columbia.The Washington Orphan Society was established by a Federal Charter by Congress in 1815, with Dolley Madison, the First Lady of the United States, elected as the first directress. [1]
[3] [4] After the move, it tightened the focus of its activities to solely caring for children. [4] By the 1950s, the Merriweather Home was the only private orphanage for Black children in Washington. [3] It continued to operate until 1971, when the nearly bankrupt institution was accused of inhumane conditions and shut down. [2] [3]
Voices for America's Children received two grants from Atlantic Philanthropies, a $1.8 million grant in 2006 [8] and a $3 million three-year-grant in 2008. [ 9 ] In 2011, after reviewing ten Republican candidates' debates and campaign websites, [ 10 ] Voices found that only 2.2% of the debates referenced children-related issues.
Weaver has been married to Jim Simpson since October 1984, and the couple welcomed Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock A new introduction. Sigourney Weaver revealed that her only child, Charlotte ...
Nicole Avant and her family have lived through the unthinkable. Her mother, 81-year-old philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, was fatally shot in her Beverly Hills home during a home invasion on Dec. 1 ...
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In September 1990, Sajak and Brown welcomed their first child, Patrick Sajak. When Patrick graduated from medical school, his dad appeared on "Wheel of Fortune" and talked about his son's ...