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This year’s scholarship is dedicated to Ray Gladfelter, a pioneer in the field of instructional media and is sponsored by his life-long friend Donna Matson of Western Instructional Television. We are pleased to honor his memory with this scholarship. |
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Ray Gladfelter March, 2002
Ray V. Gladfelter was a native Nebraskan. He graduated from high school in Columbus, Nebraska in 1950. He received a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in speech, radio and television from the University of Nebraska. From 1957-1961 Ray worked for television station KUON-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska and from 1961-1964 he was employed by KCSD-TV in Kansas City, Missouri as a producer/director. Ray left KCSD-TV to join the National Instructional Television Center in Bloomington, Indiana. He was appointed Director of Programming after six years with the organization. In 1973, Ray became the Director of National ITV Development for WETA, the public television station in Washington, DC. In 1976, the ITV Co-op started at WETA and became the International Instructional Television Co-operative, an independent non-profit organization serving more than 120 educational television agencies in the US and Canada. In 1979 the ITV Co-op became Children's Television International. Ray served as its president from 1979 until the time of his death in March of 2002. |
During his career, Ray personally produced and directed more than 3,000 programs for both commercial and public radio and television. He served as the executive producer for twenty national ITV series, which continue to be viewed by students in schools and colleges across the nation Ray's television series have
won the Gold Hugo, two gold, three silver and one bronze medals from the New
York Film Festival, a bronze medal from the Virgin Islands Film Festival,
three Ohio State Awards in broadcasting and the coveted Action for
Children's Television award. In addition to receiving recognition, Ray
Gladfelter honored Professionals for their contributions to Children’s
Television with the William E. Fegan Award and the CTI Apple Award. Ray
served as a consultant to state broadcasting authorities, school systems,
federal agencies and several public television stations. He also served on
the faculties of Norfolk Junior College, Kansas City Junior College, Kansas
City University, the University of Missouri, Kansas State College in
Pittsburgh and Indiana University. In addition to producing radio and
television programming, Ray produced eight children. Besides his children,
he leaves behind eight grandchildren and his loving wife Phyllis, who
assisted him in running Children's Television International for several
years. |
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Erin Burke Erin Burke, project support coordinator at Think TV (WPTD/Dayton), has been awarded the 2003 Education Leadership Summit scholarship. "I am so excited to be attending the Education Leadership Summit and media screening," said Burke. "This will allow me to meet other people in my field, and teach me how to successfully screen educational programming. What I learn will help me become a more valuable resource for the teachers in ThinkTV's viewing area." Visit ThinkTV's education services Web page. |
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