About Art Linkletter
For
over sixty years, Linkletter has lifted
our spirits. This Emmy Award winner has
performed in such popular television and
radio shows as House Party, People Are
Funny, and Kids Say the Darndest
Things (currently airing Friday
nights on CBS-TV with Bill Cosby) based
on his best-selling book of the same
title. A true master of the podium, this
recipient of ten honorary doctorate
degrees has inspired thousands of
audiences during his prolific speaking
career.Art has
won 2 EMMY awards and received 4 EMMY
nominations: he has received 1 GRAMMY
AWARD; 10 honorary doctorate degrees; and
has also received other awards, honors,
and recognitions too numerous to list. It
should be noted however, that among these
honors, the one in which he takes
particular pride is - Grandfather of the
Year.
Kids Say the
Darndest Things was one of the top 14
best sellers in American publishing
history and #1 for two consecutive years.
The latest among the 23 books Art has
written is the recent best-seller "Old
Age is Not for Sissies."
Art has served on the
President’s National Advisory
Council for Drug Abuse Prevention, the
Presidential Commission to Improve
Reading in the United States, the
President’s Commission on Fitness
and Physical Education, and he was named
Ambassador to Australia and Commissioner
General to the 150th Australian
Anniversary Celebration by President
Reagan.
Equally well known as a
businessman, Art has served on many
Boards of Directors including MGM, Western
Airlines, Kaiser Hospitals, and the
French Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease to name but a few. As Chairman of
the Board of Linkletter Enterprises, Art
oversees enterprises involved in the
building and management of public storage
properties, office buildings, cow-calf
operations, real estate development,
cattle and sheep stations in Australia,
and various oils enterprises around the
world.
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