Jack Valenti is honored by University of Houston
HOUSTON (AP) - June 4, 2008 Valenti, a World War II aviator and 1946 UH graduate, died last
year. He was 85.
He was an aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson before going on to
lead the Motion Picture Association of America.
The UH commemoration of Valenti, who was from Houston, was
announced Tuesday.
The Jack J. Valenti School of Communication salutes the man
whose 2007 memoir is titled: "This Time, This Place: My Life in
War, the White House, and Hollywood."
