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William Christie "Bill" Samuels is a New York City-based progressive Democrat, businessman, founder and chairman of the board of the good government group (EffectiveNY ) and the EffectiveNY Howard Samuels Policy Center. He is also a radio talk show host.〔Barkan, Ross. "(One of Andrew Cuomo’s Biggest Critics Is Getting a Radio Show )." ''Observer News.'' October 15, 2015.〕 Samuels has been active in progressive politics since organizing against the Vietnam War in the 1970s. In his business career, he built ACTV, Inc. which developed patents for interactive television. The company was sold to an affiliate of Liberty Media.〔Fink, Zak. "(This is Something for the Radio )." ''State of Politics.'' October 19, 2015.〕 Samuels is the son of Howard J. Samuels (December 3, 1919 – October 26, 1984), an American statesman, industrialist, civil rights activist and philanthropist who served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce, Director of the Small Business Administration, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and special advisor to the administrations of Johnson, Ford and Carter. == Early life and background == Samuels was raised in upstate New York in Canandaigua, the son of Howard and Barbara Samuels. His father Howard J. Samuels served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce under President Lyndon B. Johnson and was Director of the Small Business Administration and founded Kordite, now known as Pactive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://search.proquest.com.dbgateway.nysed.gov/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/118295021/citation/13336E4B1A41ADD5733/16?accountid=8012 )〕 In 1974 his father ran for Governor with Mario Cuomo as his Lieutenant Governor ultimately losing to Hugh Carey. Bill Samuels attended MIT where he earned undergraduate degrees in political science, economics, and engineering. He later graduated from Harvard Law School. Samuels built an education company for entry level workers, with divisions in Brazil, Europe, Mexico, and Asia.〔 In 1988, it became a publicly traded company. He built ACTV which was responsible for 50 patents on intellectual property specifically for interactive television which led to a sale of the company to an affiliate of Liberty Media.〔 Samuels has partnered with this brother Howard C. Samuels in his drug treatment center in Los Angeles, known as the Hills Treatment Center. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Samuels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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