George E. Probst (1917-1986) held many positions in both broadcasting and education from 1944 to 1983: Executive Director, Office of Radio and Television, University of Chicago (1944-1954); Founder, director and Producer,
University of Chicago Roundtable (NBC) (1944-1954); Chairman, committee that presented before the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the case for assigning television channels for education (1949-1950): Chairman, finance committee,
Joint Committee on Educational Television (JCET) (1950-1952); Chairman, Committee of all educational institutions, Chicago Metropolitan Area Educational Television (1951-1953; Chairman, Adult Education Committee administering Fund for Adult Education grant for production of radio series
The Jefferson Heritage (co-author),
Ways of Mankind,
People Under Communism,
Voice of Europe(1951-1953); Director, radio and television programming,
WGBH (Boston, MA) (1954); Co-founder, President, Broadcast Foundation of America (1955-1983); Producer, director, writer,
Democracy in America, a series based on Alexis de Tocqueville's observations of American life and politics (1958); Director,
National Educational Television and Radio Center (1960-1966); Executive Director, National Commission for Cooperative Education (1966-1976); Consultant, U.S. Office of Education (1968-1976). The collection documents Probst's participation in National Conference on Citizens Rights in Broadcasting, October 1970 as well as the public television programs:
Tocqueville's America and
The University of Chicago Roundtable.
