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WGBH: Station with a Purpose . the prosperity of my native land, New England, which is sterile and unproductive, must depend hereafter, as it has here- tofore depended, first on moral qualities and secondly on the intelligence and information of its inhabitants ..." LL THE unyielding determina- tion, the realistic philosophy, and the will to find a way which characterized the Pilgrim Fathers are reflected in the words above, quoted from the will of John Lowell, Jr., under which the Lowell Institute was established in 1836. Last October, in furtherance of the purpose of the Foundation, one of the most interest- ing projects in radio broadcasting his- tory was inaugurated when FM station WGBH went on the air in Boston. There is always an uneasy feeling that non -commercial, educational stations are probably stuffy as to program man- agement, and slightly sub -standard as to technical performance. Obviously, WGBH is an exception in those respects, because the percentage of homes with FM receivers in the Boston area in- creased over 40% in the first four months this station was in operation. Ever since it was announced that WGBH would open up by carrying the first concert of the Boston Symphony's fall season, dealers there have been hard put to supply the demand for FM sets and tuners for use with high -fidelity audio systems, and they credit these sales to public interest in this station. What's New About It? Because I wanted to know what kind of a station, educational or not, could at- tract such interest and attention, I went to Boston to find out. At that point, I knew only that WGBH was licensed to the WGBH Educational Foundation and that it was operated with the ad- vice and cooperation of the Lowell In- stitute Cooperative Broadcasting Coun- cil. And I knew that Major Edwin H. Armstrong had presented a complete 6o www.americanradiohistory.com.

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William A. Lowell Partner T +1 (617) 248-4085 | [email protected]
William A. Lowell Partner T +1 (617) 248-4085 | [email protected] Bill Lowell is a partner in Choate’s Wealth Management Group. EDUCATION Boston College Law School Mr. Lowell is listed in Chambers HNW 2017, Best Lawyers in America JD, 1980, magna cum laude and named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer. Mr. Lowell also received the Dean’s Social Impact Award from the College of Professional Harvard College Studies at Northeastern University and accepted the Massachusetts AB, 1977, cum laude Governor’s Award in the Humanities on behalf of The Lowell Institute. Mr. Lowell was named by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to serve on the Ad Hoc Committee to study and report to the Court on Bosch litigation. REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS • Serves as trustee of numerous trusts and charitable foundations, and as executor of various estates. • Together with personnel from Choate’s trust department, tax preparation group and Choate Investment Advisors, provides clients with sophisticated income, gift and estate tax planning and investment advice to maximize charitable deductions and minimize taxes. • Works with Choate Investment Advisors to provide integrated investment, financial planning and estate planning advice to clients regarding their personal assets and retirement accounts, including assuming responsibility for funding their revocable trusts to avoid probate and serving as their trustee. • Represents public and private company executives to structure and implement plans to benefit both family members and philanthropic interests. • Represents multiple generations of client families in coordinating tax and wealth management strategies to benefit future generations. • Represents lottery winners in connection with estate planning and individual planning, including the creation and management of trusts and private charitable foundations.
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