Dr. Edward L. Palmer (1933–1999) was a media educator, researcher, author, and advocate, with extensive international experience in media planning and applications. He was a native of Oregon, held a

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degree in Educational Measurement and Research Design from Michigan State University, and held university appointments at Florida State University,

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, and the Annenberg School for Communications at the

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. Palmer shared in founding the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and ''

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'', beginning as a general researcher. He was vice president of research at CTW for 19 years. While at CTW, Palmer played a role in the creation of three adult TV series – the ''Feeling Good'' health series, an adult drama series on U.S. history called ''The Best of Families'', and the 50-episode ''Latin American Health Minutes'' – in addition to ''

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'', a children's TV series on reading; '' 3-2-1 Contact'', a children's TV series on science; and numerous overseas adaptations of ''Sesame Street''. More recently, Palmer participated as a producer of ''Al Manaahil'' ("The Sources"), a TV series created by CTW in Jordan to teach reading of Arabic to Arab children and adults, and was a consultant to the

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on the creation of ''The Equatorial Trilogy'', three 75-minute made-for-TV feature films produced in Indonesia on the subject of health and the environment.

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