Walter Annenberg

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Walter Annenberg was an American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat known for building a media empire and making major contributions to education and the arts.


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instanceOf diplomat
human
philanthropist
publisher
appointedBy Richard Nixon
awardReceived Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Presidential Medal of Freedom
burialPlace Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, Pennsylvania, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1908-03-13
dateOfDeath 2002-10-01
donatedTo Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City schools
public education reform initiatives in the United States
educatedAt Peddie School
employer Triangle Publications
endTime 1974 (ambassadorial service in the United Kingdom)
familyName Annenberg
father Moses Annenberg
founded Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California
Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
fullName Walter Hubert Annenberg
givenName Walter
knownFor building a media empire based on magazines and broadcasting
major philanthropic contributions to education
major philanthropic contributions to the arts
memberOf Republican Party (United States)
mother Sadie Cecelia Annenberg
netWorth billionaire
notableWork Seventeen magazine
TV Guide
occupation businessman
diplomat
philanthropist
publisher
philanthropy Annenberg Foundation
placeOfBirth Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
placeOfDeath Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
editor and publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer
owner of Triangle Publications
religion Judaism
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Rancho Mirage, California, United States
spouse Leonore Annenberg
startTime 1969 (ambassadorial service in the United Kingdom)

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Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Annenberg Foundation ("Walter H. Annenberg")
namedAfter
Walter Annenberg ("Moses Annenberg")
father
Annenberg Foundation ("Walter H. Annenberg")
foundedBy
Walter Annenberg ("Walter Hubert Annenberg")
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