The Roundhouse Aquarium - Gross, Lynne

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Résumé :
The Roundhouse Aquarium: The Early Years covers the development of this marine studies center from its early roots in the 1970s until the end of the 1980s. In addition, the first chapter gives brief background information regarding the opening of the Roundhouse in 1922 until its deteriorated condition in the 1970s. The book chronicles both the challenges and rewards that the founders faced and deals with the human perspective as well as that of the marine environment. It serves as a lead in to the continued existence of today's Roundhouse Aquarium Teaching Center.

Biographie:
then she and her husband, Paul, moved to Los Angeles where they raised three sons. Lynne's career centered on media - television in particular. She was a professor who taught such courses as Television Production, Scriptwriting, Radio-TV Programming, and Global Media. During her 19 years at California State University, Fullerton, she served as Vice Chair of the Communications Department and was instrumental in setting up a Radio-Television-Film Department. She was a producer for several television series including a 45-program music history series for public television and an instructional series about craft and technical jobs in television. For a period of time she worked as a Director of Programming for a cable TV system. She started her career at a time when very few women (especially mothers) were employed in either college teaching or television. She has written 12 books about media, mainly textbooks and trade books. She has also written numerous journal and magazine articles and several other self-published personal books. Her career has taken her to Malaysia, Swaziland, Estonia, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and Guyana, where she has taught radio and television production and consulted on movie planning and postproduction equipment. She has been active in many professional organizations, serving as a Governor of the TV Academy and President of the Broadcast Education Association. Awards she has received include the Rosebud Award for Outstanding Media Arts Professor in the California State University System and the Distinguished Contribution to Electronic Media Education Award from the International Radio and Television Society. Now that she is retired, she continues writing and volunteers for non-profits. Visit her website at www.LynneGross.com....

Sommaire:
About the Author Lynne Schafer Gross was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh...