Background
Brown, Les was born on December 20, 1928 in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, United States. Son of Irving H. and Helen (Feigenbaum) Brown.
Brown, Les was born on December 20, 1928 in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, United States. Son of Irving H. and Helen (Feigenbaum) Brown.
Bachelor of Arts English, Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1950.
Entertainment industry reporter, reviewer theatrical events Chicago bureau, Variety, 1953-1955;
associate editor, Downbeat magazine, 1955;
co-founder, operator folk music cabaret, The Gate of Horn, Chicago, 1956;
Chicago bureau manager, Variety, 1957-1965;
editor radio-television department, New York City, 1965-1973;
assistant managing editor, New York City, 1973;
radio-television correspondent, New York Times, 1973-1980;
editor in chief, Channels magazine, 1980-1987;
senior vice president editorial development, Community College Public, New York City, 1987-1991;
public, television Business International magazine, 1988-1991;
editor in chief, television Business International magazine, 1990-1991;
columnist, since 1992;
public, World Guide, 1990;
editorial consultant, Center for Communication, New York City, since 1991. Consultant Revson Foundation, 1978, World Alliance television for Children, since 1993, Golden Rose Montreux television Festival, since 1994, Monte Carlo television Festival, since 1994;lecturer creative writing and entertainment industries Columbia College, Chicago, 1959-1962, scholar-in-residence, 1985. Lecturer committee Hunter College, New York City, 1973-1975, New School, New York City, 1977-1983, Columbia University, 1994-1996.
Lecturer Fordham University, since 1995, director The television Pantheon Oral History Project, 1996. Poynter fellow in modern journalism Yale University, 1977, lecturer, 1978-1980. Associate fellow Morse College, 1978-1986.
Presidential fellow Aspen Institute, 1978. Member board Humanitas Prize, 1980-1987, Peabody Awards, 1983-1988, Dore Schary Awards, since 1987, World television and Radio Council United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Senior fellow Freedom Forum Media Studies Center Columbia University, 1992-1993.
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Member Film-television advisory board New York State Council on Arts, 1975. President Media Commentary Council Inc. With Army of the United States, 1951-1953.
Married Jean Rosalie Slaymaker, June 12, 1959. Children: Jessica, Joshua, Rebecca.