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Colleagues comment on Robert Schenkkan
Here are a couple of comments from former co-workers of Robert Schenkkan.
Schenkkan, a public media pioneer, died on Wednesday, February 9 of complications from dementia.
Maury Sullivan, Senior Vice President for Community Engagement, KLRU
“Bob was truly an amazing person and KLRU would not be what we are today
without him.”
Terry Lickona, Executive Producer, “Austin City Limits”
“Schenkkan was only there a few more years after I arrived, then retired, but everyone who worked there always called him ‘Mr. Schenkkan.’ No one ever would have thought to call him ‘Bob!’ He was a formidable figure in more ways than one. It was only later in his retirement years that he took on a less serious demeanor and insisted that everybody refer to him as Bob.”
Charles Vaughn, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at KLRN in San Antonio
Vaughn praised Schenkkan’s efforts in travelling around the southwest, drumming up community support for public media. Vaughn worked for Schenkkan at KLRU when it was still called KLRN. “He was a visionary leader and a very fine man,” Vaughn said.
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