Rene Anselmo
Reynold "Rene" Anselmo | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 14, 1926 |
| Died | September 9, 1995 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | World War II Marine Corps veteran |
Reynold "Rene" Anselmo (January 14, 1926 – September 9, 1995) was a Boston native and World War II Marine Corps veteran who founded Univision.
Biography[]
Anselmo was the son of the postmaster in Quincy, Massachusetts.[1] At 16 years of age he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and flew 37 missions as a tail gunner on a dive bomber in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.[2] He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1951.[1]
Anselmo travelled to Mexico, where he was hired by Televisa to produce television shows for Mexican television.[3] He wed his wife Mary during his residence in Mexico. Anselmo returned to the United States to help run the Spanish International Network Spanish language television network (the current day Univision), and later to co-found PanAmSat.[4] PanAmSat gained a foothold in the television market by providing satellite services for private commercial communication networks, such as those used by international conglomerates to connect far flung manufacturing operations around the globe or provide data connections between a large number of retail outlets and corporate headquarters.
He was a man with "unflinching self-confidence and willingness to risk all in his fight to upend the status quo," Space News stated in a tribute to Anselmo. He challenged the monopoly in satellite provision held by Intelsat in the 1980s, taking out full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal asking political leaders, including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, to open up the satellite telecommunications market. He picked up the cause of planting daffodils in Greenwich, Connecticut, and left PanAmSat to his wife, Mary Anselmo.[1]
Personal life[]
Anselmo was survived by his wife Mary Anselmo and three children: film director and former US Marine who was a veteran of the US involvement in the Lebanese Civil War, and daughter Pier and another son, Rayce.
References[]
- ^ a b c David Cay Johnston (September 21, 1995). "Rene Anselmo, 69, the Founder Of a Satellite Network, Is Dead". The New York Times.
- ^ Carl White (May 11, 2016). Greenwich Maverick Rene Anselmo. Greenwich Library: Local History.
- ^ Frank Kuznik (April 1, 1990). A Piece of Outer Space to Call His Very Own. The New York Times.
- ^ "Rene Anselmo Can Sure Dish It Out". BusinessWeek. May 26, 1991.
External links[]
- Victor Valle (November 27, 1988). "TELEVISION: The Future Hovers Over Latin America New satellite will have major sociopolitical impact--and will open new markets for U.S. TV programming". Los Angeles Times. p. J8.
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