Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dennis Terry
Dennis Terry
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| Other authors / contributors: | Terry, Dennis, 1944- interviewee.
Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Adrienne Jones, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2007 October 25.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Nonprofit executive Dennis Leon Terry was born on October 26, 1944 in Smithfield, North Carolina. He attended North Carolina's Lucille Elementary School, Buckingham Junior High School and Technical High School. In 1964 he attended Howard University, where he was a hurdler and long jumper for the track team. He graduated with his B.A. degree in economics in 1968. After graduation, Terry became the operations manager for the Long Island Lighting Company in New York City until 1993. Terry was a founding member of the Mid Bronx Senior Citizens Council (MBSCC), organized in 1971. He was the chairman of the New York Urban League's Bronx Borough Board and attended the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana. From 1976 until 1996, Terry was a board member of the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporations (SoBRO) and of the Bronx Lebanon Hospital from 1981 to 1982. Terry retired to his residence in the Bronx, New York.
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