Background
Weaver, Sylvester Laflin was born on December 21, 1908 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Sylvester Laflin and Isabel (Dixon) Weaver.
Weaver, Sylvester Laflin was born on December 21, 1908 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Sylvester Laflin and Isabel (Dixon) Weaver.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1930.
Writer, producer, Columbia Broadcasting System, Los Angeles, 1932; program director, Columbia Broadcasting System, San Francisco, 1933-1935; supervisor programs, manager, Young & Rubicam, New York City, 1935-1938; vice president, member Executive Committee, Young & Rubicam, 1946-1949; advertising manager, American Tobacco Company, 1938-1946; vice president television, vice chairman, president, chairman, NBC, New York City, 1949-1956; chairman, McCann Erickson, New York City, 1958-1963; president, Subscription television, Los Angeles, 1963-1966; consultant, Wells, Rich, Greene, others, Santa Barbara, California, since 1967; television consultant, to Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1958, 60, 62, 66, 72; television consultant, Committee on Critical Choices, 1973-1975.
Chairman American Heart Association, 1959-1963. Board directors Muscular Dystrophy Association, since 1967, president, since 1975. Served with United States Navy, 1942-1945.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Desiree Mary Hawkins, January 23, 1942. Children: Trajan Victor Charles, Susan Sigourney.