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Yale University professor and a <mark>pioneer of public educational television</mark>. Burke was an <mark>early environmentalist</mark>, advocating for stewardship of the environment in the <mark>1950s</mark>. He rose to <mark>national fame</mark> as an <mark>early media personality</mark> on radio and television, and as an <mark>author and in-demand public speaker</mark>. | Yale University professor and a <mark>pioneer of public educational television</mark>. Burke was an <mark>early environmentalist</mark>, advocating for stewardship of the environment in the <mark>1950s</mark>. He rose to <mark>national fame</mark> as an <mark>early media personality</mark> on radio and television, and as an <mark>author and in-demand public speaker</mark>. | ||
'''Education & Teaching'''<br> | '''Education & Teaching Career'''<br> | ||
UCLA — Earth Science BA & MA<br> | UCLA — Earth Science BA & MA<br> | ||
Harvard — graduate work, 1951<br> | Harvard — graduate work, 1951<br> | ||
Yale — Conservation and Resource Use, Director of Graduate Studies 1951-1957<br> | Yale — Conservation and Resource Use, Director of Graduate Studies 1951-1957<br> | ||
[[Albert_E._Burke#TV_Productions|TV Productions]] — 1951 - 1964 | [[Albert_E._Burke#TV_Productions|TV Productions]] — 1951 - 1964<br> | ||
American Institute of Resource Economics — 1957 | |||
University of Pennsylvania — International Relations PhD, 1959 | |||
[https://dstall.com/MOD/M/D/EnoughGoodMen.pdf ''Enough Good Men: A Way of Thinking''] 1962 — book compiled from transcripts of Dr. Burke's television programs | [https://dstall.com/MOD/M/D/EnoughGoodMen.pdf ''Enough Good Men: A Way of Thinking''] 1962 — book compiled from transcripts of Dr. Burke's television programs | ||
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Probe | (NBC) 1960-1964 | Probe | (NBC) 1960-1964 | ||
first to be broadcast nationally on 40 stations throughout the US | first to be broadcast nationally on 40 stations throughout the US | ||
Burke was one of several professors involved in 1957 in educational programming supported by a collaborative initiative between the Educational Television and Radio Center (ETRC) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), when he hosted "Geography for Decision" while he was serving at the American Institute of Resource Economics. | |||
ETRC became [[wikipedia:National_Educational_Television|National Education Television (NET)]], owned by the [[wikipedia:Ford_Foundation|Ford Foundation]] (grant from FAE Fund for Adult Education), later co-owned with the [[wikipedia:Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting|Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)]] which funds the [[wikipedia:PBS|Public Broadcasting Service (PBS]]. | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxRbWZOYYE Albert Schweitzer Symposium Part 1] 1947 | YouTube<br> | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxRbWZOYYE Albert Schweitzer Symposium Part 1] 1947 | YouTube<br> | ||