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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William J. "Bill" Rosendahl |
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Los Angeles, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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May 15, 1945
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| Died | March 30, 2016
(70 years)
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| Contributor | Jake |
| Last Modifed | David
May 25, 2020 11:25pm |
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| Info | William Joseph "Bill" Rosendahl
Bill Rosendahl is an educator and award-winning television broadcaster with a long record as a leader in Los Angeles civic affairs.
Most recently a Distinguished Professor at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Bill is best known as producer and moderator of critically-acclaimed public affairs television shows. As host of "Local Talk", "Week in Review" and "Beyond the Beltway" Bill created a needed forum for discussion of public affairs. An advocate of empowering people through information, Bill produced more than 3,000 programs over 16 years, opening the airwaves to all viewpoints and steering thoughtful dialogue on the most complex and controversial issues.
As a cable executive, Bill fought tirelessly for better service, upgraded technology, more local programming choices, and better wages and working conditions for his employees.
Bill's public service has won him the Cable Ace Award, The Diamond Award, the Freedom of Information Award, the Los Angeles League of Women Voters Public Service Award and the Beacon Award for Cable's Free Air Time Project.
Bill has also engaged himself in civic life. He chaired the California Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy, served as president of the Los Angeles Press Club, as chairman of the Cable and Telecommunication Association and was a member of the education fund of the Los Angeles League of Women Voters. He is a regular moderator of community forums, steering discussions on various issues including charter reform, secession and the formation of neighborhood councils. A longtime Mar Vista resident, Bill is a stakeholder in the Mar Vista Community Council and founder of a local Neighborhood Watch program. He is a member of the Westchester-LAX-Marina Del Rey Chamber of Commerce, the Venice Chamber of Commerce, the Pacific Area LAPD Boosters Club and the Venice Gang Coalition.
Prior to his cable TV career, Bill was a White House appointee to the State Department as Chief of Operations for the U.S. Trade and Development Program, served as an associate in philanthropic work for John D. Rockefeller, III and worked on many political campaigns, including Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential bid.
A Vietnam-era veteran, Bill served in the U.S. Army from 1969-71, spending a year as a psychiatric social worker, counseling troops returning from combat. As special assistant to the commanding general at Ft. Carson, Colorado, he won national recognition for reorganizing the base and boosting morale of the service people. Bill is currently a member of The American Legion, Post 283, in Pacific Palisades.
Bill holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Economics from St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA. He is also as a world traveler who has visited 52 countries.
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