Yearly Archives: 2002

Margaret I. ‘Peggy’ MacLeod Passes on at 66

From the Boston Globe Margaret I. MacLeod: Age 66, of Cambridge and Newburyport, MA, graduate of Radcliffe College and the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration. Portfolio Administrator at Mellon Financial Services in Boston, MA, former Television Producer at WGBH and Director of Volunteers at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. More | Read more.

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Bernice “Bunny” Chesler Leaves Us at 69

From The New York Times — 9/16/2002 Bernice Chesler, 69, Guidebook Author, Dies [B]ernice Chesler, the author of widely read guidebooks about American bed-and-breakfast inns, died on Sept. 4 at her home in Newton, Mass. She was 69. The cause was cancer, said a friend, Lynda Morgenroth. Mrs. Chesler’s work won praise around the country. … | Read more.

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WGBH Alumni Loose a Dear Friend: Bill Heitz, BU Class of ’57-’58

From the Chicago Tribune Bill Heitz, who helped teach amateur antique enthusiasts about auction etiquette for Home & Garden Television, won Emmy awards while producing Sunday Night Specials for NBC, and once was tear-gassed while directing coverage of the 1968 Democratic Convention, died of cancer, Thursday, Aug. 29, in his Northwest Side home. He was … | Read more.

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Ray Wilding-White Passes On

From Larry Creshkoff Ray Wilding-White, who was a music producer-director at WGBH-FM and TV during the years 1951-1956, died on Friday, August 24, 2001, at his home in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. More | Read more.

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Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (1950s)

By Steve Gilford Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (LECJ) was a series funded by the US Department of Justice for in-service training of police officers in the New England area. James Patrick Kelly [the host] was one of the most colorful people to ever be employed by WGBH. Policemen, as a group, are some of … | Read more.

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