CNN Founder Ted Turner Dead at 87 (Connecting the Dots: Ted Turner & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
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Wednesday,
06 May 2026 11:06 AM EDT
Ted Turner,
a brash and outspoken television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of
the American West and transformed the news business by launching CNN in 1980, has died at age 87.
The
network reported Turner died Wednesday, citing a news release from Turner
Enterprises.
Turner
owned professional sports teams in Atlanta, defended the America’s Cup in
yachting in 1977 and donated a stunning $1 billion to United
Nations
charities. He married
three women — most famously actor Jane Fonda — and earned the nicknames “Captain
Outrageous” and “The Mouth of the South.”
He once
bragged: “If only I had a little humility, I’d be perfect.”
He was
slowed in later years by Lewy Body Dementia. Long since out of the television
business, he concentrated on philanthropy and his more than 2 million acres of
property, including the nation’s largest bison herd.
His
garrulous personality sometimes overshadowed a driven, risk-taking business
acumen.
By the
time he sold his Turner Broadcasting System to Time Warner Inc. in a 1996 media
megadeal, Turner had turned his late father’s billboard company into a global
conglomerate that included seven major cable networks, three professional
sports teams and a pair of hit movie studios.
Turner’s
signature achievement was creating CNN, the first 24-hour, all-news television
network in 1980. At a time news is instantly available at anyone’s fingertips,
it’s hard to recall that the idea of letting consumers decide when they choose
to learn what’s going on in the world was once revolutionary.
In
part, Turner’s own frustration with television news was the instigator. He
often worked past 8 p.m., after the ABC, CBS and NBC nightly newscasts had
already gone off the air, and was in bed by the time his local stations did
their own newscasts at 11 p.m.
He took
a chance by starting the operation sometimes derided as the “chicken noodle
network” in the early days of cable television, living in an apartment above
its Atlanta office.
“I was
going to have to hit hard and move incredibly fast and that’s what we did —
move so fast that the (broadcast) networks wouldn’t have the time to respond,
because they should have done this, not me,” Turner recalled in a 2016
interview with the Academy of Achievement. “But they didn’t have the
imagination.”
CNN’s
breakthrough moment came during the Gulf War with Iraq in 1991. Most television
journalists had fled Baghdad, warned of an imminent American attack. CNN
stayed, capturing arresting images of a war’s outbreak, with anti-aircraft
tracers streaking across the sky and correspondents flinching from the
concussion of bombs.
Turner
was promised a continued role in CNN after his company’s sale to Time Warner
for $7.3 billion in stock, but was gradually pushed out, much to his regret.
“I made
a mistake,” he later said. “The mistake I made was losing control of the
company.”
That
same year — 1996 — saw the birth of Fox News Channel and arrival of a new
dominant mogul in cable news, Rupert Murdoch. Political opinion became the
stock in trade of networks like Fox News and MSNBC.
Even
though CNN built a worldwide news organizations particularly strong online, it
struggles to this day with a diminished desire for straighter TV newscasts.
Robert
Edward Turner III was born Nov. 19, 1938, in Cincinnati. When he was 9, his
family moved to Savannah, Georgia, where he grew up. After being expelled from
Brown University for sneaking a coed into his room, Turner came to Atlanta to
work as an account executive for his domineering father’s billboard company,
Turner Advertising.
After
his father’s 1963 suicide, Turner took over the company. In 1970, he bought an
independent UHF station with a weak signal that didn’t even cover Atlanta.
On Dec.
17, 1976, he began transmitting the station to cable systems around the country
via satellite. It became the TBS SuperStation. “It was the start of something
bigger than we ever imagined,” Turner said in 1996.
TBS’
motley collection of old movies and “The Andy Griffith Show” reruns was
augmented by Turner’s acquisition of baseball’s Atlanta Braves. Perennial
doormats, the Braves slowly attracted fans across the nation through their
superstation exposure and in the 1980s began declaring themselves “America’s
Team.”
Turner,
who early on donned a uniform and managed one game, helped open baseball’s
free-agent price wars by signing pitcher Andy Messersmith.
In the
1980s, Turner went deeply into debt to buy MGM, a move again greeted with
skepticism.
But the
acquisition gave his company a huge library of vintage movies that eventually
were parlayed into the TNT and Turner Classic Movies networks. His devotion to
older movies earned Turner a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. He was
also criticized for adding color to classic movies like “Casablanca,” which he
said he did to make them appealing to a younger audience.
TBS
also acquired the Hanna-Barbera animation library, which led to the launch of
the Cartoon Network.
“He
sees the obvious before most people do,” Bob Wright, former president and CEO
of NBC, told The New Yorker in 2001. “We all look at the same picture, but Ted
sees what you don’t see. And after he sees it, it becomes obvious to
everybody.”
He
revealed his ambitions as a younger man: “I used to tell people I wanted to
become the world’s greatest sailor, businessman and lover all at the same
time.”
Asked
to share the secret to his success, he said: “Early to bed, early to rise, work
like hell and advertise.”
For
much of his life a partying roustabout who wooed beautiful women with a roguish
charm, the lean, mustachioed sportsman married three times. He was married to
Fonda from 1991 to 2001. She quit acting while married to Turner, but tired of
his philandering and divorced him, although they remained friends.
“He was
sexy. He was brilliant. He had 2 million acres by the time I left. It would
have been easy to stay,” Fonda said of her relationship with Turner.
Turner
had an unexpected friendship with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, bonding over
hunting and arguments about politics over rum and cigars. A once bitter rival
who compared Fox’s Murdoch to Adolf Hitler, they later reconciled over a mutual
concern over the environment.
Turner
built a sports empire, at one point owning professional baseball, basketball
and hockey teams in Atlanta. He was best remembered at the helm of the Atlanta
Braves, turning the doormats into postseason regulars by the 1990s.
Their
stadium, built for the 1996 Olympics, was named Ted Turner Field. The Braves
replaced it in 2016 with a newer stadium north of Atlanta.
Perhaps
Turner’s greatest love was for the land. He acquired millions of acres in
ranches complete with roaming buffalo and was Nebraska’s largest private
landholder. He spoke often of reviving the West’s bison herds, and in 2002
started a restaurant chain serving bison burgers, Ted’s Montana Grill.
Researchers
at Texas A&M University credited
his donation of a few bulls in 2005 with helping increase the genetic diversity
of the last herd of southern Plains bison.
He had
a net worth of $2.5 billion in 2023, but had dropped off Forbes magazine’s
ranking of the 400 richest Americans in 2021.
During
a stock market bust, Turner’s net worth went from nearly $10 billion to about
$2 billion in two-and-a-half years.
“To put
this in perspective, I lost nearly $8 billion in 30 months,” he wrote in his
autobiography, “Call Me Ted,” in 2008. “That means that, on average, my net
worth dropped by about $67 million “per week,” or nearly $10 million “per day,
every day, for two and a half years.”
He had
enough time, and money, to devote to such lofty goals as promoting world peace
and protecting the environment.
“See,
my life is more an adventure than a quest to make money. Adventure is going out
and doing something for the pure hell of it,” Turner once said. “You just want
to see if you can do it, period. There’s no thought of gain other than your own
satisfaction.”
Through
the years, Turner’s antics occasionally overshadowed his business activities.
Fresh
from skippering his boat “Courageous” to the America’s Cup title in 1977, a
very inebriated Turner was captured by TV cameras stretched out on the floor at
the victory celebration.
Turner
managed to insult many with his shoot-from-the-lip style. An atheist since his
only sister died of lupus at age 17, he called Christians “losers” and
“Jesus-freaks,” later apologizing for both remarks.
He once
suggested in a speech that unemployed Black people be used to haul mobile
missiles with ropes “like the Egyptians building the pyramids.” After civil
rights leaders demanded an apology, he said he was just joking.
Other
times, his humor saved him from potentially awkward situations, like when he
talked to an audience in Berlin in 1999.
“You
know, you Germans had a bad century,” Turner said, according to The New Yorker.
“You were on the wrong side of two wars. You were the losers. I know what
that’s like. When I bought the Atlanta Braves, we couldn’t win, either. You
guys can turn it around. You can start making the right choices. If the Atlanta
Braves could do it, then Germany can do it.”
Turner,
father of five children, grabbed a leadership role in American philanthropy
with his Sept. 18, 1997, pledge to give $1 billion, or $100 million a year for
10 years, to United Nations charities. Even as Turner’s fortune shrank after
the AOL Time Warner merger, he continued giving money to the U.N., calling it
the best hope for peace.
He
promoted a range of humanitarian causes. Turner joined former U.S. Sen. Sam
Nunn
to start the Nuclear
Threat Initiative,
a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing the threat of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons. Turner fretted publicly about the world’s problems.
“If I
had to predict, the way things are going, I’d say the chances are about 50-50
that humanity will be extinct in 50 years,” Turner said in 2003. “Weapons of
mass destruction, disease, I mean this global warming is scaring the living
daylights out of me.”
As he
poured millions into nonprofits on a global scale, Turner was also fond of
spreading his wealth in small ways. He once gave $500 to a volunteer fire
department that helped extinguish a blaze on one of his ranches. Another time
he lent personal paintings for an exhibit at a Bozeman, Montana, museum.
Connecting
the Dots:
Nuclear
Threat Initiative
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
founder of CNN.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with
the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th
congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since
2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Hisashi Owada is a
director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Lester
Crown’s son.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is
James S. Crown’s father and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner was the
founder of CNN and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank).
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with
the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the
United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a
member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
United
Nations
Ted Turner was
the chairman for the United Nations Foundation and a co-chairman
for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the United Nations Foundation.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Susan A. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.
Howard G. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E.
Buffett’s son.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and a
friend of Michael Douglas.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for
the Open Society Foundations, a director at the ONE
Campaign and served with the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with
the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district
in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a
member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
chairman for the United Nations Foundation.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the United Nations Foundation.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Kofi A. Annan was
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the United Nations Foundation,
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and the United Nations secretary
general.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie
Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th
congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since
2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
chairman for the United Nations Foundation.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the United Nations Foundation.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Green
Cross International
Ted Turner was an honorary
board member for Green Cross International and the founder of CNN.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and an advisory
board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at
the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and
was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in
the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member
of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), an honorary
board member for Green Cross International and the founder of CNN.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Patricia E.
Mitchell is an honorary board member for Green Cross
International, a board member for Global Green USA, the vice
chair for the Sundance Institute and was the president
of CNN Productions.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute.
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Robert Redford
was the founder & president for the Sundance Institute and
an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and an advisory
board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at
the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and
was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner was the
founder of CNN, an honorary board member for Green
Cross International and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A.
Hanoi Jane
Ted Turner was
married to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane, a co-chairman
for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the founder
of CNN and an honorary board member for Green
Cross International.
Jane Fonda Jane
Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane was married to Ted Turner & Tom
Hayden.
Tom Hayden was
married to Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane and an editorial board
member for The Nation.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was a friend of Stephen F. Cohen, the
president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a
general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at
the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and
was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute,
is a director at the Roosevelt Institute, the editor &
publisher for The Nation, married to Stephen F. Cohen.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for Aspen Institute (think
tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for
the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), married
to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane, the founder of CNN
and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Sarandos is
a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the chief
content officer for Netflix Inc.
Charles H.
Giancarlo was a director at Netflix Inc. and is a managing
director for Silver Lake.
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Lake Kraftwerk Fund is a fund for Silver Lake and
a partner at Soros Fund Management.
George Soros is the founder of Soros Fund Management and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute.
Robert Redford
was the founder & president for the Sundance Institute and
an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Ted Turner was an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, a co-chairman
for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the founder
of CNN and married to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda
A.K.A. Hanoi Jane.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and an advisory
board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Patricia E.
Mitchell is an honorary board member for Green Cross
International, a board member for Global Green USA, the vice
chair for the Sundance Institute and was the president
of CNN Productions.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Norman
Lear.
Kenneth D. Cole is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Maria
Cuomo Cole.
Maria Cuomo Cole is
married to Kenneth D. Cole and a trustee at the Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
group for guns.
Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a national partner with the America
Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
Cecile Richards was
the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of
America, the founder & president of America Votes, the
president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America a
grant overseer for the Turner Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America and the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and People for the
American Way.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
chairman for the Turner Foundation, an honorary board member
for Green Cross International and the founder of CNN.
Norman Lear is
a director at People for the American Way and married to Lyn
Davis Lear.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Cecile Richards was
the founder & president of America Votes, the president of
the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the
president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America a
grant overseer for the Turner Foundation.
Ted Turner was the
chairman for the Turner Foundation, a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), an honorary board member for Green
Cross International and the founder of CNN.
Turner
Foundation
Ted Turner was the
chairman for the Turner Foundation, an honorary board member
for Green Cross International, the founder of CNN and a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Cecile Richards was
a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, the president of
the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the
president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the
founder & president of America Votes.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for People for the
American Way.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is a national
partner with America Votes.
Association
of Trial Lawyers of America is a national partner with America
Votes.
EMILY's List is
a national partner with America Votes.
International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is a national partner with America
Votes.
International
Brotherhood of Teamsters is a national partner with America
Votes.
League
of Conservation Voters is a national partner with America
Votes.
League of
Young Voters is a national partner with America Votes.
National
Council of La Raza is a national partner with America Votes.
National
Education Association is a national partner with America Votes.
Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) is a national partner
with America Votes.
Kirk Adams is
the international EVP for the Service Employees International Union
(SEIU), married to Cecile Richards and was an organizing
director for the AFL-CIO.
AFL-CIO is a
national partner with America Votes.
Martin Frost was
the president for America Votes and is a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee.
George Soros is a member of the Bretton Woods
Committee and the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
Cecile Richards was
the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the
founder & president of America Votes and a grant overseer for
the Turner Foundation.
Ted Turner was the
chairman for the Turner Foundation, a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), an honorary board member for Green
Cross International and the founder of CNN.
Germany
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
founder of CNN.
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
David M.
Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and a director at the American Council on Germany.
Paul A. Volcker was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
an
honorary vice chairman for the American Council on Germany.
Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a director at the American Council on Germany, a trustee emeritus at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Islamic
art Met Museum committee is a visiting committee at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art (Met Gala).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Rozanne L. Ridgway was
a co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank) and a U.S. ambassador for Germany.
Richard R. Burt is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank)
and was a U.S. ambassador for Germany.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in
the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member
of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
founder of CNN.
Kappa
Sigma
Ted Turner was a
member of Kappa Sigma, the founder of CNN and a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Sonny Perdue is
a member of Kappa Sigma and a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council.
Frances
Fragos Townsend is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory
Council and a commentator for CNN.
Walter Isaacson was
the chairman & CEO for CNN and is the president & CEO for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the
United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of
the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a member of the Bohemian Club.
George H.W. Bush was
a member of the Bohemian Club and a member of the Burning
Tree Club.
Edward R. Murrow was
a member of the Burning Tree Club and a member of Kappa
Sigma.
Robert Redford
was a member of Kappa Sigma, an honorary board member for Green
Cross International and the founder & president for the Sundance
Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of
New York.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th
congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since
2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Sam Nunn is a
co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank)
and was a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Ted Turner was a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a
member of Kappa Sigma, the founder of CNN, an honorary
board member for Green Cross International and married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a friend of Stephen
F. Cohen.
Stephen F. Cohen was
a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev, married to Katrina vanden
Heuvel and a contributing editor for The Nation.
Tom Hayden was
an editorial board member for The Nation and married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane.
Jane Fonda Jane
Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane was married to Ted Turner & Tom
Hayden.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel was married to Stephen F. Cohen, a governor
for the Roosevelt Institute, is the editor & publisher
for The Nation and a director at the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt was the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, a friend
of Stephen F. Cohen, the president of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary for the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union and the founder for the Green Cross
International.
Ted Turner was an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, married
to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane, the founder of CNN
and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Texas
A&M University
Ted Turner was credited
for his donation at the Texas A&M University of a few bulls in 2005
with helping increase the genetic diversity of the last herd of southern Plains
bison, the founder of CNN and a co-chairman for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of
New York.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in
the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member
of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Center for American Progress and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress and an advisory board member for the Earth Institute.
Lawrence
H. Summers is a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress and Kenneth J. Arrow’s nephew.
Kenneth J. Arrow is
Lawrence H. Summers’s uncle and an advisory board member for
the Earth Institute.
Norman E. Borlaug was
an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and a
professor at Texas A&M University.
Ted Turner was credited
for his donation at the Texas A&M University of a few bulls in 2005
with helping increase the genetic diversity of the last herd of southern Plains
bison, the founder of CNN and a co-chairman for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Resources:
Past Research
Waterkeeper
Alliance (Past Research on Ted Turner)
Sunday,
June 8, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/waterkeeper-alliance.html
"Giving
Machines" arrive in NYC to kick off the holiday season (Connecting the
Dots: CARE, Michelle Nunn, Sam Nunn, Obama, The ONE Campaign & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Sam Nunn,
the United Nations Foundation, Ted Turner & the ONE Campaign)
Tuesday,
November 28, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/11/giving-machines-arrive-in-nyc-to-kick.html
Met
Gala 2026: Activists leave nearly 300 ‘bottles of urine’ in protest of Bezos’
involvement (Connecting the Dots: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Gala),
Jeff Bezo, Amazon, The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, CNN & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on CNN &
the Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Tuesday,
May 5, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/05/met-gala-2026-activists-leave-nearly.html
GM
Expects $500 Million Tariff Refund After Court Ruling (Connecting the Dots:
Mary Barra, General Motors, Catalyst, Mexico, John G. Roberts Jr., The Supreme
Court, Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Washington & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie
Corporation of New York)
Sunday,
May 3, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/05/gm-expects-500-million-tariff-refund.html
Sen.
Warren Presses Amazon on Algorithmic Pricing for Schools (Connecting the Dots:
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ganesh Sitaraman, The Center for American Progress,
Amazon, HUD, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, The Urban Institute, The U.S.
Department of Education & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation New York)
Thursday,
March 12, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/sen-warren-presses-amazon-on.html
Minneapolis-Area
Hotels Shut Down Over Safety Issues (Connecting the Dots: Hilton, Crown Family,
Commercial Club of Chicago, Aspen Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Lester
Crown & the Commercial Club of Chicago)
Monday,
January 26, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/01/minneapolis-area-hotels-shut-down-over.html
Dr.
Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street,
Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda
(Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros
Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign & Morton
Halperin)
Tuesday,
June 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/dr-morton-halperin-j-street-education.html
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Green
Cross International)
Monday,
January 6, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html
2025
Sundance Film Festival (Connecting the Dots: Sundance Film Festival, Robert
Redford, The Sundance Institute, America Votes, Mikhail Gorbachev, The Green
Cross International & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Sundance Institute & America Votes)
Sunday,
March 2, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-sundance-film-festival-connecting.html
America
Votes (Past Research on America Votes)
Wednesday,
November 5, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/11/america-votes.html
Uproar
as German Lawmaker Proposes Observance of Muslim Public Holidays (Past Research on the American Council on Germany, the Islamic
art Met Museum committee, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank))
Monday,
October 16, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/10/uproar-as-german-lawmaker-proposes.html
Met
Gala 2026: Activists leave nearly 300 ‘bottles of urine’ in protest of Bezos’
involvement (Connecting the Dots: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Gala),
Jeff Bezo, Amazon, The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, CNN & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Metropolitan
Museum of Art (Met Gala))
Tuesday,
May 5, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/05/met-gala-2026-activists-leave-nearly.html
Istook:
Democrat Will Be 'Sacrificial Lamb' for Coburn Seat (Past
Research on Kappa Sigma)
Tuesday,
January 21, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/istook-democrat-will-be-sacrificial.html
Qatar’s
Billion-Dollar Influence At Texas A&M Under Scrutiny (Connecting the Dots:
Qatar, The Qatar Foundation, Texas A&M University, Hamas, The Muslim
Brotherhood, Egypt & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Texas A&M University)
Wednesday,
April 23, 2025
