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Biography of Pat RobertsonName: Pat RobertsonBirth Date: March 22, 1930 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Lexington, Virginia, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: television evangelist Pat Robertson Marion G. "Pat" Robertson (born 1930) was a television evangelist who founded and led the Christian Broadcasting Network. In 1988 he ran for president, doing well in several primaries and caucuses and succeeding at getting his religious agenda into the arena of public discussion.Pat Robertson was born on March 22, 1930, the son of A. Willis Robertson and Gladys Churchill Robertson, in Lexington, Virginia. His father was a congressman and later a senator, a staunch conservative known for his expertise in taxation and banking and for his die-hard segregationist views on issues of race. Robertson grew up largely in Lexington, finishing high school at the elite McCallie School in Chattanooga and then returning home to attend college at Washington and Lee University. Following military service in Korea he enrolled at Yale Law School, where he met Adelia "Dede" Elmer. They were married in August 1954.Upon completion of law school Robertson took the New …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…at CBN headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in an effort to reduce operating expenses, which at the time stood at about 0 million each year. CBN had recently opened studios in Kiev, Ukraine; Manila, Philippines; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Hyderabad, India, and Robertson was hoping that they would take over some of the network's production chores. Associated Organizations Further Reading An early autobiography, Shout It from the Housetops (1972), provides a good summary of Robertson's outlook. A relatively sympathetic biography is David Edwin Harrell's Pat Robertson: A Personal, Religious, and Political Portrait (1987). One of several critical works is Salvation for Sale: An Insider's View of Pat Robertson (1988), written by Gerard Thomas Straub, a former high-ranking CBN employee. Another, focusing on his business acumen, is "Business Is Not His Calling," which appeared in Business Week on June 28, 1999.Pat Robertson, America's Date with Destiny, Thomas Nelson, 1986.Pat Robertson, The End of the Age, Word Publishing, 1996. |