Lincoln Center chairman Frank A. Bennack, Jr., honoree Richard K. DeScherer and Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Opening Night Gala of the 2008 Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. Photo: Julie Skarratt
Frank A. Bennack, Jr. is the vice chairman and chief executive officer of the Hearst Corporation.
Personal: Married to Mary Lake Bennack First wife Luella M. Bennack died in 2003. Five daughters.
Background: Prior to his first tenure as chief executive, Bennack served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Corporation and, prior to that, as vice president and general manager of the Hearst Newspaper Group. He also served in a variety of management posts, including a seven-year tenure (1967-1974) as publisher and editor of the San Antonio Light.
Honors: Gold Medal, International Radio & Television Society in 1991 Trustees’ Award (Emmy, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1993 1997 Center for Communication Award Distinguished Public Service Award from the Advertising Council in 1999 1999 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Broadcasters Elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007 Recipient, 2007 Inner-City Scholarship Fund Award
Affiliations: Chairman of the Board, Lincoln Center Trustee and vice chairman, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Managing Director, Metropolitan Opera Board chairman, The Paley Center for Media Director, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
