Henry Prentiss Becton

Background

Becton, Henry Prentiss was born on October 16, 1943 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Henry Prentiss and Jean Sprague (Coggan) Becton.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Yale University, 1965; Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1968.

Career

Teacher, Cambridge School, Weston, Massachusetts, 1968-1969; tel. producer, WGBH Ednl. Foundation, Boston, 1970-1973; program manager, WGBH Ednl. Foundation, 1974-1978; vice president, general manager, WGBH Ednl.

Foundation, 1978-1984; president, WGBH Ednl. Foundation, since 1984. Board directors Becton, Dickinson & Company, Public Broadcasting Svc., Ampere-hour Belo Company, Massachusetts Corporation for Ednl.

Telecoms., Banff International television Festival. Trustee Scudder Funds, Connecticut College, 1992-1997, Committee for Economics Development, since 1992, Ethics Resource Center, 1994-1997.

Achievements

• Henry Prentiss Becton has been listed as a noteworthy Broadcasting company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Massachusetts Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, 1979-1981. Trustee Boston Ballet, 1976-1978, Metropolitan Cultural Alliance, Boston, 1974-1976, New England Aquarium, since 1981, boston Museum Science, since 1984, Wang Center for Performing Arts, 1985-1993, Concord Academy, since 1993, vice president, since 1994. Board overseers Boston Museum Fine Arts, since 1990.

Member NATAS (board directors New England chapter 1980-1984), Massachusetts Bar Association, Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club (Blue Hill, Maine), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Jean Campbell Redpath, September 28, 1968. Children: Sara Campbell, Wilson Prentiss, Elizabeth Campbell.

Father:

Henry Prentiss Becton

Mother:

Jean Sprague (Coggan) Becton

Spouse:

Jean Campbell Redpath

child:

Wilson Prentiss Becton

child:

Elizabeth Campbell Becton

child:

Sara Campbell Becton