ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell who founded the U.S. public television station that produced programs as "A Capitol Fourth" and Ken Burns documentaries, has died. She was 101.
Campbell, who died Friday, was a former educator who was once dean at two women's colleges. She helped established the Greater Washington Educational Television Association, which was granted a television broadcasting license in 1961 and went on the air Oct. 2 of that year as WETA, according to information on the station's Web site.
The station has grown into one of the most influential among PBS stations. In addition to "A Capitol Fourth" -- a live broadcast from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol each Fourth of July -- WETA has produced programs such as "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," "Washington Week in Review" and Burns' multipart efforts on "The Civil War" and "Baseball."
A sister public broadcasting radio station begin its programming in 1970.
Campbell was born in 1902 in Clemmons, N.C., and was a 1923 graduate of Salem College. She was later dean at Moravian College for Women and Mary Baldwin College.
She is survived by two sons and a stepdaughter.
