Loeb, Alice Pentlarge Kleeman, 1895-1990.

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Alice Pentlarge Kleeman Loeb was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Frank and Rebecca May Pentlarge. She was educated at Adelphi Academy, traveled widely, and spoke several languages. In 1917 she married Arthur S. Kleeman; they had three children, and divorced in 1934. That year she joined the staff of the radio station WQXR in New York, where she produced a number of programs, including So You Haven't the Time? (a review of New York cultural events) and Can It Be Done? (A program on inventors). During the war, she served as an information specialist in the Office of Emergency Management and for the War Production Board. From 1952 to 1956 she was radio and television director of America's Town Meeting of the Air. After retiring in 1959, she married Leo Loeb, an engineer. She was also the author of a biography, The Reminiscences of a Spanish Diplomat (1933). She died in Baltimore.

From the description of Papers of Alice Pentlarge Kleeman Loeb, 1895-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 712141143

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Birth 1895

Death 1990

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