Ward Chamberlin (4 August 1921 – 23 February 2017) was a president of the US TV channel WETA for fifteen years. During his career he was also executive vice president at

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in New York and senior vice president for

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. He retired from public broadcasting in 2003. Ward was one of the founders of

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and is among the veterans featured in Ken Burns' documentary '' The War''.

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