Lawrence Van Der Poel Behr

Background

Behr, Lawrence Van Der Poel was born on November 9, 1942 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Juan Enrique and Beatrice Edith (Vanderpool) Behr.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, East Carolina U., 1964.

Career

President, Lawrence Behr Associations, Inc., Greenville, North Carolina, since 1963; director special projects, Multronics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., 1964-1969; vice president, VWB, Incorporated, New York Bern, North Carolina, 1965-1973; vice president, Farmville (North Carolina) Broadcasting Corporation, 1966-1984; vice president, Republic Communications Corporation, San Antonio, since 1983; president, Baypoint television, Inc., Washington, since 1983. Board directors Lake Hills Communications Corporation, San Antonio. Speaker at international conferences on telecommunications management.

Achievements

• Lawrence Van Der Poel Behr has been listed as a noteworthy Telecommunications executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware Republican National Convention, San Francisco, 1964. National committeman North Carolina Young Representatives Federation, San Francisco, 1966. Board directors Downtown Greenville Association, 1985-1987, president, 1988, board directors, Commerce Club, since 1984.

Appointed commissioner North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications, since 1989. Member Society Broadcast Engineers, National Association Radio and Telecommunications Engineering, Society Cable television Engineers, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, University of Southern California Telecommunications Futures Panel.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, amateur radio, cooking.

Connections

Children: Lawrence Van Der Pool II, Jennifer Hague.

Father:

Juan Enrique Behr

Mother:

Beatrice Edith (Vanderpool) Behr

child:

Jennifer Hague Behr

child:

Lawrence Van Der Pool II Behr