Attended and graduated from Scottdale High School in Scottdale, Pennsylvania.
Attended and graduated from Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Pioneer of television; former chairman of ABC network.
Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame (1987) and the National Radio Hall of Fame (1992).
He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 24, 2006.