David Otis Ives (April 21, 1919 – May 16, 2003) was an American television executive who was president of Boston's
WGBH WGBH may refer to:
* WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation
** WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
from 1970 to 1984, and was a chairman of its board until 2001.
Under his presidency the station produced such series as ''
Nova
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'', ''
The French Chef'', ''
The Victory Garden'' and ''
Masterpiece Theatre''.
Ives received the Ralph Lowell Award from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1985, and the Governor's Award from the New England chapter of the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, edu ...
in 1988.
Ives was born in
Salem, Massachusetts, and attended
Milton Academy and
Harvard University, where he received a B.A. in 1941 and an
M.B.A
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. in 1943.
After six years in the U.S. Navy he became a reporter for ''
The Salem Evening News'' and later ''
The Wall Street Journal'', where he worked until 1958. He joined WGBH in 1960 as director of development.
He died in
San Francisco, aged 84. His son
Stephen Ives is a documentary filmmaker.
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1919 births
2003 deaths
People from Salem, Massachusetts
WGBH Educational Foundation
American television executives
Harvard University alumni