THE FACTS
- Born July 3, 1936
- Lives in Portsmouth, N.H.
THE LINEAGE
- Eleventh generation Yankee
- John Wetherbee arrived in Boston in 1630
THE VITAE
- Recited poetry to the troops in the US Army Special Services 1958-59
- Placed third of 44,000 entrants in the All Army Entertainment Contest, appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show...twice.
- Reporter/Photographer with the Monadnock Ledger
- Independent Filmmaker/Cinematographer
- General Manager, news director WSLE-WSCV radio
- Contributing reporter, All Things Considered Public Radio
- Reporter, Ten O'clock News, WGBH-TV, Boston
- Contributing Reporter, Chronicle, WCVB-TV, Boston
- Media Instructor, Keene State College
- Theater Production Instructor, Nathaniel Hawthorn College
- Creative Director, Pitteway and Partners Advertising
- TV host/producer/writer/editor NH-Crossroads. NH Public TV
- Stoyrteller nightly on "NH Chronicle" over WMUR TV, ABC affiliate in
Manchester.
THE KNOW-HOW
A photographer, windsurfer, lifeguard, house painter, tree climber, stone mason, artist, poet, copywriter, cinematographer, film and video editor (proficient in AVID editing), newspaper/radio/television news reporter, disc jockey, bus driver.
THE HUMOR
Speak N'Hampsha Like a Native An audio tape with a seed of truth ... and a lot of burlesque. |
THE HOST
- New Hampshire Crossroads host 1988-97
- Nine Just Up The Road specials
- NH Remembered, parts I, II, III.
- Hundreds of speaking engagements.
THE VOICE
- Ken Burns's Baseball, "The Making of Baseball" tape #1 of the set.
- The Works of Robert Frost (won New England Emmy in 1995)
- Soul of a Woman, the story of Mary Baker Eddy
- Voice of national radio campaign for Sony audio/video tapes, 1984
THE PRODUCER AND WRITER
- Secrets of the Mt Washington Hotel
- Covered Bridges of New England (produced for PBS and shown nationally)
- NH Remembered, parts I, II, III.
- Josie Langmaid, The Murdered Maiden Student
- History of the University of New Hampshire
- A Light on the Mountain
- Grace Metalious and Peyton Place(shown nationally)
- Styron, Plmpton, Updike
- Francis Ouimet Story
- Grover Cleveland
- MacDowell, an American Artists' Colony(shown nationally)
THE HONORS
- Emmy, #1 host in New England, 1997
- Emmy, Documentary Production, 1996
- Nine Emmy, nominations
- Five Golden Mike awards from the NH Association of Broadcasters
- The Inherit New Hampshire Preservation Award for "celebrating NH and its people, their stories, their lives and their places", 1993
- Valley Forge Freedom Medal
- National Endowment for the Arts grant
- Citizen of the Year, Monadnock Jaycees Read About It!
- His Program James B. Conant: NH, Harvard, and the A. Bomb was shown at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC, 1996.
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