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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. a142-24a
Jack Valenti
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. a142-24a

Jack Valenti

American, 1921 - 2007
Special Assistant to President Johnson (1963-1966)
President of the Motion Picture Association of America (1966-2004)

Jack Joseph Valenti was an advertising and public relations executive who served as Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1966. After leaving the White House, he was a motion picture executive, adjunct professor of government and public administration at American University, and an author of several books. Considered a Hollywood institution, he lead the Motion Picture Association of America in devising a voluntary film-rating system.
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