Sterling, Christopher H., Corwin, Norman, Hilliard, Robert L., Hilmes, Michele, Keith, Michael C., Lichty, Lawrence W., and Watson, Mary Ann
This article focuses on the contributions of Dutch historian Erik Barnouw to the U.S. broadcasting industry. Growing up in an educated household, Barnouw learned to speak German, Dutch, Belgian, French, and English. At an early age, he was exposed to the theater while studying English at Princeton University in New Jersey. His media career includes: writing for business journal "Fortune"; directing a network radio; teaching radio writing at Columbia University's School of General Studies; script editing for NBC public service programs; founding chief of the new Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound division of the Library of Congress, and book writing. Over his active career, Barnouw received a host of awards for his writing and many books. This included a Peabody in 1944, service as elected president of the Writer's Guild in 1957-1959, a Guggenheim in 1969, a Fulbright and the Bancroft Prize in American History in 1971, and a Wilson Center fellowship in 1976.