The American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming hosted Mr. Robert H. Wynn, a producer/director in television (ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS). He spoke about the television industry on Thursday, March 26 th at the Stock Growers Room at 2:30 p.m. Mr. Wynn is the 2009 lecturer for the George A. Rentschler Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series which has hosted lectures from scholars, experts, and famous personalities since 1992.

Bob Wynn earned the reputation of “The Boss” during a career of more than thirty years and 200 shows as producer/director of such shows as “Tennessee Ernie Williams Nashville-Moscow Express”, “Bob Hope on the Road to China”, “Conversations with the Presidents”, and “Real People” for NBC. He has worked with the entertainment industries’ most luminous stars - Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis,Jr., Liza Minnelli, Lucille Ball, Debbie Reynolds and many others. In his new book, I Used to be Somebody (2009, Tate Publishing), Mr. Wynn tells the colorful and surprising stories of his experiences, traversing the world and the travails of an industry fraught with intrigues, jealousies and bigotry which Mr. Wynn ultimately would not tolerate. Mr. Wynn addressed issues featured on the television show “Real People” as well as memorable highlights of his long and successful career in television.

The George A. Rentschler Distinguished Visiting Lecture is made possible thanks to an endowment established by Frederick B. Rentschler and his mother, the late Rita Rentschler Cushman.