Background
Redstone, Sumner Murray was born on May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Michael and Belle (Ostrovsky) Redstone.
lawyer entertainment company executive
Redstone, Sumner Murray was born on May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Michael and Belle (Ostrovsky) Redstone.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Boston University, 1994.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York Institute of Technology, 1996.
Law secretary United States Court Appeals (9th circuit), San Francisco, 1947-1948. Instructor law and labor management University San Francisco, 1947. Special assistant to attorney general United States Department Justice, Washington, 1948-1951.
Partner Ford, Bergson, Adams, Borkland & Redstone, 1951-1954. Chief Executive Officer National Amusements Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts, since 1967, president, 1967—1999, chairman board, since 1986, Viacom, Incorporated, New York York City, 1987—2006, Chief Executive Officer, 1996—2006, executive chairman board, since 2006. Chairman board Columbia Broadcasting System Corporation, since 2006.
Professor Boston University Law School, 1982, 85-86. Board directors, advisory council television Academy Arts and Sciences Foundation. Visiting professor Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Lecturer Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Judge on Kennedy Library. Foundation, (select communications John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award).
Board trustee Museum television and Radio. Past president Theatre Owners American.
Chairman metropolitan division North-East Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, 1963. Member executive board Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, chairman metropolitan division. Member corporation New England Medical Center, since 1967, Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation.
Trustee Children's Cancer Research Foundation. Founding trustee American Cancer Society. Chairman American Cancer Crusade, State of Massachusetts, 1984-1986.
Art Lending Library. Sponsor Boston Museum of Science. Chairman Jimmy Fund Foundation, 1960.
Vice president, member executive committee Will Rogers Memorial Fund. Honorary chairman Will Rodgers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. Board directors Boston Arts Festival.
Board overseers Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston Museum Fine Arts. Member presidential advisory committee on arts John F. Kennedy Library. Foundation, also judge annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award committee.
Chairman Corporation Commission on Education Technology, since 1996, presidential appointed chairman, 1996. 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member American Bar Association, National Association Theatre Owners (chairman board directors 1965-1966, executive communications since 1995), Theatre Owners American (assistant president 1960-1963, president 1964-1965), Motion Picture Pioneers (board directors), Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association, American Judicature Society, Masons, University Club, Harvard Club.
Married Phyllis Gloria Raphael, July 6, 1947. Children: Brent Dale, Shari Ellin.