Julian Paul Kanter

KANTER, Julian Paul, Age 85 of Nashville, died December 5, 2011. He was a devoted member of Congregation Micah and its "Schmooze Group." Loving husband of the late Lois W. Kanter; father of Rabbi Kenneth Kanter (the late Wendy Kanter), Lynn Kanter (Janet Coleman) and Karen Kanter, and loving partner of Sally Kaplan. A veteran of WWII, he spent 21 years in television broadcasting, ultimately serving as general manager in Miami, FL and Albany, NY. Julian had a passion for politics. He volunteered for Democratic Party causes, managing campaigns and serving as a Presidential Convention delegate (1960) and a member of the Electoral College (1964). One of the first to collect political television commercials from all levels of local and national campaigns, he built the largest collection in the world, which is now the Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive at the University of Oklahoma, where he taught from 1985 to 1995. Julian is survived by siblings, Joan Kanter Elman (Barry) and Alan E. Kanter, as well as Michael H. Weinberg, Jr. (Joan) and Donna Levy Weinberg, and numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral is Thursday, December 8th at 11 a.m., at Congregation Micah, Brentwood. Memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Micah, or the Wendy Kanter Student Fund at Hebrew Union College, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH

re: Julian P. Kanter political commercial archive. Go to: http://pcc.ou.edu/

The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive at the University of Oklahoma serves as a repository for political radio and television commercials. The major purpose of the archive is to preserve these historically valuable materials and to make them available for scholarly and professional use. Originally founded in 1956 by a private collector, Julian P. Kanter, and purchased by the University of Oklahoma in 1985, the archive collects, preserves and catalogs an ever-increasing number of political commercials and related materials. The collection has operated for many years with the endorsements of the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the American Film Institute, the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Republican and Democratic National Committees, and the American Association of Political Consultants.

Interview with Julian Kanter on C-Span: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Historica

1975 lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=OOSi1yFC4UM&fbclid=IwAR...