Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., 78, a writer and producer of television documentaries on freedom and the American presidency, died at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y., of complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
With two of his sons, Peter and Philip B. III, Kunhardt helped produce documentaries for Kunhardt Productions. These included "Freedom," an eight-hour series broadcast on public television in 2003, and "The American President," which profiled every U.S. president as of 2000.
Kunhardt, a native of New York, graduated from Princeton University. He started with Life Magazine as a reporter and eventually became managing editor before retiring in 1982. He authored several books, including memoirs about his parents and "A New Birth of Freedom," about the Gettysburg Address.
His mother, Dorothy M. Kunhardt, was a historian and children's book author best known for her book, "Pat the Bunny," published in 1940.
His maternal Grandfather, Frederick Hill Meserve was the foremost historian and major collector of photographs of the Civil War and had original Mathew Brady daguerreotype plate photos, which were the first publicly announced photographic process, of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the foremost expert on the president's history, family, and his face! His photos were used to create our current profiles and portraitures on the Penny, the Five Dollar Bill, The Lincoln Memorial sculpture, and Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota.
This information compiled from several internet sources and magazines-2015.
With two of his sons, Peter and Philip B. III, Kunhardt helped produce documentaries for Kunhardt Productions. These included "Freedom," an eight-hour series broadcast on public television in 2003, and "The American President," which profiled every U.S. president as of 2000.
Kunhardt, a native of New York, graduated from Princeton University. He started with Life Magazine as a reporter and eventually became managing editor before retiring in 1982. He authored several books, including memoirs about his parents and "A New Birth of Freedom," about the Gettysburg Address.
His mother, Dorothy M. Kunhardt, was a historian and children's book author best known for her book, "Pat the Bunny," published in 1940.
His maternal Grandfather, Frederick Hill Meserve was the foremost historian and major collector of photographs of the Civil War and had original Mathew Brady daguerreotype plate photos, which were the first publicly announced photographic process, of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the foremost expert on the president's history, family, and his face! His photos were used to create our current profiles and portraitures on the Penny, the Five Dollar Bill, The Lincoln Memorial sculpture, and Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota.
This information compiled from several internet sources and magazines-2015.
Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., 78, a writer and producer of television documentaries on freedom and the American presidency, died at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y., of complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
With two of his sons, Peter and Philip B. III, Kunhardt helped produce documentaries for Kunhardt Productions. These included "Freedom," an eight-hour series broadcast on public television in 2003, and "The American President," which profiled every U.S. president as of 2000.
Kunhardt, a native of New York, graduated from Princeton University. He started with Life Magazine as a reporter and eventually became managing editor before retiring in 1982. He authored several books, including memoirs about his parents and "A New Birth of Freedom," about the Gettysburg Address.
His mother, Dorothy M. Kunhardt, was a historian and children's book author best known for her book, "Pat the Bunny," published in 1940.
His maternal Grandfather, Frederick Hill Meserve was the foremost historian and major collector of photographs of the Civil War and had original Mathew Brady daguerreotype plate photos, which were the first publicly announced photographic process, of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the foremost expert on the president's history, family, and his face! His photos were used to create our current profiles and portraitures on the Penny, the Five Dollar Bill, The Lincoln Memorial sculpture, and Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota.
This information compiled from several internet sources and magazines-2015.
With two of his sons, Peter and Philip B. III, Kunhardt helped produce documentaries for Kunhardt Productions. These included "Freedom," an eight-hour series broadcast on public television in 2003, and "The American President," which profiled every U.S. president as of 2000.
Kunhardt, a native of New York, graduated from Princeton University. He started with Life Magazine as a reporter and eventually became managing editor before retiring in 1982. He authored several books, including memoirs about his parents and "A New Birth of Freedom," about the Gettysburg Address.
His mother, Dorothy M. Kunhardt, was a historian and children's book author best known for her book, "Pat the Bunny," published in 1940.
His maternal Grandfather, Frederick Hill Meserve was the foremost historian and major collector of photographs of the Civil War and had original Mathew Brady daguerreotype plate photos, which were the first publicly announced photographic process, of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the foremost expert on the president's history, family, and his face! His photos were used to create our current profiles and portraitures on the Penny, the Five Dollar Bill, The Lincoln Memorial sculpture, and Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota.
This information compiled from several internet sources and magazines-2015.
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