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Adron Doran

An interview with Adron Doran, former president of Morehead State University and Kentucky House speaker. Between March 1954 and January 1977, Doran grew Morehead's enrollment from 700 to 7,500 and brought integration to the campus. A 1991 KET production.
Season 1 Episode 28 Length 58:00 Premiere: 09/29/08 Rating: TV-G

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Adron Doran
S1 E28 Length 58:00 Premiere Date 09/29/08

A.D. Albright
S1 E27 Length 28:30 Premiere Date 09/22/08

Lillie Chaffin
S1 E26 Length 28:30 Premiere Date 09/22/08

Carl Perkins
S1 E25 Length 59:02 Premiere Date 09/10/08

Wilson Wyatt Sr.
S1 E24 Length 58:47 Premiere Date 09/09/08

Harry Caudill
S1 E23 Length 58:57 Premiere Date 08/31/08

Father Ralph Beiting
S1 E22 Length 58:54 Premiere Date 08/24/08

Leslie Combs II
S1 E21 Length 58:44 Premiere Date 08/17/08

Thomas D. Clark
S1 E20 Length 58:43 Premiere Date 08/10/08

Eleanor Churchill
S1 E19 Length 57:43 Premiere Date 08/03/08

Rufus B. Atwood
S1 E18 Length 58:29 Premiere Date 07/27/08

Adolph Rupp
S1 E17 Length 58:39 Premiere Date 07/20/08

John Jacob Niles
S1 E16 Length 58:54 Premiere Date 07/13/08

Barry Bingham Sr.
S1 E15 Length 57:13 Premiere Date 07/06/08

Joy Bale Boone
S1 E14 Length 59:01 Premiere Date 06/29/08

Chloe Gifford
S1 E13 Length 58:38 Premiere Date 06/22/08

Ed Prichard
S1 E12 Length 1:41:23 Premiere Date 06/15/08

Bert Combs
S1 E11 Length 1:06:28 Premiere Date 06/09/08

Margaret Willis
S1 E10 Length 58:50 Premiere Date 06/01/08

Earl D. Wallace
S1 E9 Length 58:40 Premiere Date 05/25/08

Robert Martin
S1 E8 Length 1:00:13 Premiere Date 05/18/08

William H. Neal
S1 E7 Length 58:30 Premiere Date 05/12/08

Morton Holbrook
S1 E6 Length 57:59 Premiere Date 05/04/08

Mary Helen Byck
S1 E5 Length 28:41 Premiere Date 04/27/08

Everett Moore
S1 E4 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 10/11/02

O. Leonard Press
S1 E3 Length 58:02 Premiere Date 04/13/08

Francis and Louise Hutchins
S1 E2 Length 57:06 Premiere Date 04/06/08

Smith D. Broadbent Jr.
S1 E1 Length 28:40 Premiere Date 04/01/08

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Wilson Wyatt Sr. - S1 E24

Premiered On: 09/09/2008

World War II-era Louisville mayor Wilson Wyatt Sr. also served as lieutenant governor under Bert T. Combs from 1959 to 1963. In 1968, Wyatt played a significant role at the Democratic National Convention by working out a compromise over the party's platform position on the Vietnam War. A 1977 KET production.

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Carl Perkins - S1 E25

Premiered On: 09/10/2008

An interview with U.S. Rep. Carl D. Perkins, a Democrat who served Eastern Kentucky as a member of the House of Representatives for more than three decades. A 1977 KET production.

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Adron Doran - S1 E28

Premiered On: 09/29/2008

An interview with Adron Doran, former president of Morehead State University and Kentucky House speaker. Between March 1954 and January 1977, Doran grew Morehead's enrollment from 700 to 7,500 and brought integration to the campus. A 1991 KET production.

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Francis and Louise Hutchins - S1 E2

Premiered On: 04/06/2008

Berea College's fifth president, Francis Hutchins, and his wife, Louise, were both advocates for international education. Berea's Center for International Education is named for them. A 1976 KET production.

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O. Leonard Press - S1 E3

Premiered On: 04/13/2008

A profile of KET's founding executive director, O. Leonard Press. His reminiscences about the early days of public broadcasting in Kentucky provide a fascinating glimpse of people, places, and events spanning a 40-year period from 1952 to 1992. A 1992 production of Video Editing Services, Lexington.

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Harry Caudill - S1 E23

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Father Ralph Beiting - S1 E22

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Leslie Combs II - S1 E21

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Thomas D. Clark - S1 E20

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Eleanor Churchill - S1 E19

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