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NO HIGHER HONOR: Gerald L. Baliles
“Baliles.
The name rhymes with smiles” Gerald
L. Baliles is known as an intellectual giant and the governor who opened
Virginia’s doors to the global marketplace. He served the Commonwealth
of Virginia as its 65th governor from 1986 until 1990, and led the most
diverse ticket Virginia had ever seen.
Through
campaign ads, news segments, autobiographical accounts and interviews
with members of the Baliles administration, the media and his campaign
opponents, the Community Idea Stations explore his climb to the top
of Virginia politics in the fifth program of its NO HIGHER HONOR series, Gerald L. Baliles.
In Gerald
L. Baliles, the governor takes viewers on a journey back in time
to his boyhood home in Patrick County, Virginia, and to his grandparents’
farm where he developed his trademark work ethic. The one-hour program
also follows Baliles through his academic achievements and athletic
accomplishments at Fishburne Military School and his campaigns for public
office, with an eye on what molded this University of Virginia law school
alumnus into a public servant who never lost an election.
For a VHS
copy of past programs, please call WHTJ Charlottesville PBS at 434.295.7671
or WCVE Richmond PBS at 804.560.8121.
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