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John Hendricks : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Hendricks
John Hendricks (born March 29, 1952)〔"John Hendricks: An Oral History," The Cable Center, September 2, 2003.〕 is the founder and former chairman of Discovery Communications, a broadcasting and film production company which owns the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet networks, among other ventures. On March 20, 2014, after 32 years at the helm, he made public his decision to retire early from the board and leadership of Discovery Communications after the annual shareholders' meeting of May 16, 2014, and he moved on to lead the new large ontaking, CuriosityStream, an ad-free, on-demand nonfiction streaming service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://curiositystream.com/about )〕 ==Early life== Born in Matewan, West Virginia, Hendricks' father was a home builder and his mother a clerk for city government. In 1958, the Hendricks family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where Hendricks grew up. His father died when he was 20, and his mother died when he was 30. He attended S.R. Butler High School where he met his first wife, Pattie Miller. Hendricks graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and he received his bachelor's degree in history in 1974. While a student at UAH he worked in the audio visual department where he had the idea to bring documentaries to the public. He was hired as director of community and government relations for the University of Alabama in Huntsville the year he graduated, and became director of corporate and foundation relations for the University of Maryland in 1975. While at the University of Maryland, he co-founded a fund-raising consulting company, the American Association of University Consultants, with Edward M. Peabody, and published several newsletters aimed at academic disciplines such as chemistry.〔〔Southwick, "Cable Television: The First 50 Years," ''Cable World,'' September 1998.〕
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