Rodney Lin Bates

Background

Bates, Rodney Lin was born on November 12, 1946 in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. Son of Donald Walter and Mary Louise (Mullholand) Bates.

Education

Associate of Arts, El Camino College, l972; Bachelor of Science, San Diego State University, l975.

Career

Producer, director, Nebraska ETV Network, Lincoln, l975-80; senior producer, Nebraska ETV Network, Lincoln, l980-83; assistant director development, Nebraska ETV Network, Lincoln, l983-84; director development, Nebraska ETV Network, Lincoln, l984-85; director, Telecom and Information Center, Lincoln, l985; director, Nebraska Department Economics Development, Lincoln, l985-87; managing general partner, Bates Video Production (name changed to Bates & Associations: Communications Specialists, 1991), Lincoln, l987-. Chairman Education Technology Consortium, Lincoln, l984-89. Vice chairman Lincoln Film and television Committee, l986-89.

Advisor Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, l989-.

Achievements

• Rodney Lin Bates has been listed as a noteworthy Communications executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Nebraska Investment and Finance Authority, l985-87, Nebraska Research and Development Authority, l986. Board directors Midwest Technology Development Institute, Minneapolis, l985-87, Governor's Council to Keep Nebraska Beautiful, Inc. Member of staff advisory county National governments Association, l986.

Member ASTD (board directors since 1991), Internt. Association Business Communicators (board directors since 1989, Gold Quill award 1988, 89), International television Association, American Mktg.Assn., American Film Institute, Smithsonian Associations, Nebraska Industrial Developers Association.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, chess, theater, jogging.

Connections

Married Robin S. Houk, July 8, l972. Children: Andrew, Nicole, Daniel.

Father:

Donald Walter Bates

Mother:

Mary Louise (Mullholand) Bates

Spouse:

Robin S. Houk

child:

Daniel Bates

child:

Nicole Bates

child:

Andrew Bates