Background
Guggenheim, Charles E. was born on March 31, 1924 in Cincinnati. Son of Jack Albert and Ruth Elizabeth (Stix) Guggenheim.
motion picture and television director/producer
Guggenheim, Charles E. was born on March 31, 1924 in Cincinnati. Son of Jack Albert and Ruth Elizabeth (Stix) Guggenheim.
Bachelor, U. Iowa, 1948. honorary Doctor, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1978, honorary Doctor American University, 1995. Producer Louis G. Cowan, Incorporated., New York City, 1948-1951.
Producer, director Fund for Adult Education, Ames, Iowa, 1951-1952.
Acting director KETCEdnl. television Commission, Saint Louis, 1952-1954. President Guggenheim Prodns., Incorporated., Washington, 1955.
Producer television series Sunday at the Zoo, 1950 (George Foster Peabody award). Producer-director (films) Nine from Little Rock, 1964 (Academy award 1964), Robert Kennedy Remembered, 1968 (Academy award 1968), Monument to the Dream, 1967 (Academy award nomination 1968), Children Without, 1964 (Academy award nomination 1964), The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in American, 1982 (Academy award nomination 1983), High Schools,1983 (Academy award nomination 1984), The Johnstown Flood, 1989 (Academy.award 1990), A Time for Justice, 1994 (Academy award 1995), Doctorate-Day, 1994 (Academy award nomination 1995), The Shadow of Hate, 1995, (Academy award nomination 1996).
Trustee Danforth Foundation, Saint Louis, 1968, Foundation for The National Archives, 1994, White House Historical Association, 1998;media director Stevenson Presidential Committee, 1956, Kennedy Presidential Committee, 1968,McGovern Presidential Committee, 1972, Kennedy for President Committee, 1980, 75 United States senator and governor"s campaigns, 1955-1985.
Sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946.
Producer Louis G. Cowan, Incorporated, New York York City, 1948-1951. Producer, director Fund for Adult Education, Ames, Iowa, 1951-1952. Acting director KETC Educational television Commission, St. Louis, 1952-1954.
President Guggenheim Productions, Inc., Washington, from 1955.
Trustee Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, since 1968, Foundation for the National Archives, since 1994, White House History Association, since 1998. Media director Stevenson Presidential Committee, 1956, Kennedy Presidential Committee, 1968, McGovern Presidential Committee, 1972, Kennedy for President Committee, 1980, 75 United States senator and governor's campaigns, 1955-1985. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Member Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Writer's Guild of America, Cosmos Club, University Club (New York ).
Married Marion Davis Streett, June 29, 1957. Children: Grace Stix, Jonathan Streett, Philip Davis.