James t aubrey biography for kids

(b. 14 December 1918 in La Salle, Illinois; d. 3 September 1994 in New York City), media executive and producer credited with improving the financial fortune of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) television network in the early 1960s.

Aubrey, the oldest of four sons of advertising executive James T.

Aubrey and homemaker Mildred Stever, spent his childhood in the Chicago area and New York City. A privileged child, the tall, athletic Aubrey was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire (1934–1938) and graduated cum laude from Princeton in 1941 with a B.A.

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James t aubrey biography for kids

During World War II he served as a test pilot with the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of major. In 1944 Aubrey married actress Phyllis Thaxter. They had two children, Susan Schuyler Aubrey, who as Skye Aubrey enjoyed a brief performing career, and a son.

Aubrey and Thaxter divorced in 1963.

In 1946 Aubrey settled in Los Angeles, where he sold advertising for Condé Nast