Spivak, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edmund), 1900-1994

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Television producer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Lawrence E.Spivak : oral history, 1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738962

Radio and television producer, editor, and publisher.

From the description of Lawrence E. Spivak papers, 1917-1994 (bulk 1945-1983). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979835

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1900, June 11 Born, New York, N.Y. 1921 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1921 1930 Business manager, Antiques magazine 1924 Married Charlotte Beir Ring 1930 1933 Circulation director and assistant to the publisher, Hunting and Fishing and National Sportsman magazines 1934 1939 Business manager, American Mercury 1937 1950 Published paperback mystery and science fiction stories through Mercury Publications, Inc. 1939 1944 Publisher, American Mercury 1944 1950 Publisher and editor, American Mercury 1945 Cofounder, co-originator, and coproducer with Martha Rountree of "Meet the Press," a radio program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System to promote the American Mercury 1947 "Meet the Press" separated from American Mercury, Inc., and put under Press Productions, Inc., with the stock split between Spivak and Martha Rountree "Meet the Press" television debut 1948 "Meet the Press" aired as a regular series on the National Broadcasting Co. 1950 “Meet the Press” canceled by Mutual Broadcasting System 1951 "Meet the Press" thirteen-week extra series sponsored by Saturday Evening Post Teleproductions, Inc., established 1952 Televentions, Inc., established "Meet the Press" awarded George Foster Peabody Television Award 1953 Bought Martha Rountree's interest in "Meet the Press" Televentions, Inc., dissolved 1954 Sold interest in Mercury Publications, Inc. 1955 "Meet the Press" purchased by National Broadcasting Co. 1956 Press Productions, Inc., dissolved 1956 1975 Regular panelist and producer, "Meet the Press" 1964 "Meet the Press" interview of French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville on its first intercontinental show via the Telstar satellite 1965 "Meet the Press" interview of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson on its first transatlantic satellite show 1973 Teleproductions, Inc., dissolved 1975 Retired from "Meet the Press" 1975 circa 1989 Consultant, National Broadcasting Co. 1983 Last appearance on "Meet the Press" 1985 1994 Producer with Julia White, Public Broadcasting System television shows by Southern Center for International Studies 1994, Mar. 9 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Lawrence E. Spivak Papers, 1917-1994, (bulk 1945-1983), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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