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...when he was 38, Stanton replaced CBS founder William S. Paley, who resigned the presidency of CBS to become chairman of the board...
...Stanton worked his way up the CBS ladder, but continued to devote time to the academic study of the media. From 1937 to 1940. Stanton was associate director of the Office of Radio Research at Princeton University. In 1940 he became a member of the advisory council of the Office of Radio Research at Columbia University...
During World War II, Stanton and a Columbia professor developed the Stanton-Lazarsfeld program analyzer, a small mechanical gadget that could measure listener reaction to programs, songs, and movies, according to a 1965 biography...
...year-old Stanton is the only non-alumnus currently serving on the Harvard Board of Overseers--the alumni-controlled half of Harvard's Governing Boards--and is widely praised for his role in raising funds for the Kennedy School during the Harvard Campaign, which ended last December...
...Stanton was instrumental in raising $22 million for the Kennedy School during the Campaign, $2 million more than expected. Stanton reportedly gave more than $1 million during the Campaign, making him one of the largest donors during the five-year $350 million fund drive...