Background
Cooper, Jon Hugh was born on August 6, 1940 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John Hughes and Sarah Edna (Ray) Cooper.
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Jon Hugh Cooper
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Bachelor, Oklahoma State University, 1962. Postgraduate, University Arizona. Postgraduate, University Denver.
Postgraduate, University Colorado, Denver.
Career
Management positions with, Evening Star Broadcasting, Washington and Lynchburg, Virginia, 1962-1967;
producer, program manager, director production, Station KUAT-AM-television, Tucson, 1967-1973;
executive director, Rocky Mountain Network, Denver, 1973-1977;
executive director, Pacific Mountain Network, Denver, 1977-1979;
also board directors, Pacific Mountain Network, Denver
general manager, Station KNME-television, Albuquerque, since 1979. Lecturer speech and journalism U. Arizona, 1967-1973. Member interconnection committee Public Broadcasting Service, 1983-1992, board directors, 1986-1992, member Executive Committee, 1988-1990, 91-92.
Board directors Public Broadcasting Service Enterprises and National Datacast, 1990-1994. Board directors Pacific Mountain Network Japan Survey Team.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, vice president, president Pueblo Los Cerros Homeowners Association, 1987-1988. Board directors Samaritan Counseling Center, Albuquerque, 1987, New Mexico Better Business Bureau, since 1991. Board advisors Public television Outreach Alliance, since 1992.
Member New Mexico Education Technology Council, 1992-1994. Chairman New Mexico Commission Public Broadcasting, since 1992. Member steering committee Western Cooperative on Educational Telecommunications.
Member Albuquerque Rotary Club.
Connections
Married L. Ilene Batty, December 16, 1961 (divorced January 1984). Children: Jon Shelton, Geoffrey Harold. Married Patricia Carol Kyle, January 28, 1989.
Children: Cynthia Lynne Elliott, Jennifer Jon Kyle.
