Jerry Franklin (CEO)
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Assumed office 1985 |
Jerry Franklin is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CPBI which includes CPTV and WNPR in Hartford, Connecticut.
Early life
Jerry Franklin was born to Jasper Remer Franklin Sr., a veteran of the United States Army, and Myrtis H. Franklin of Candler County, Georgia. Franklin married Ida Durden-Franklin of Metter, Georgia. A search of birth archives for a Jerry Franklin born in Georgia for all the years from 1947-1957 found no such person born in Georgia. There were many Jerry Franklin's born in North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, and some in California and a couple in Ohio and West Virginia but none of these had Jasper and Myrtis for a mother and father. A search of World War II enlistment records for Jasper Franklin also found that no such person had enlisted in the appropriate time frame for Jerry Franklin's father. Again there were many many Jerry Franklin's who enlisted and there was one J.C. Franklin who enlisted on Jan. 29, 1942, about the right time for Franklin's father who was born in 1920 and the military might have made a mistake on the middle initial but a search of birth and christening records for Georgia because Hansford, georgia was on the enlistment record as residence place also found no such person born in any of Georgia in 1920.
Education
Jerry Franklin received a B.S. in Political Science and Journalism from Georgia Southern University and a Master of Arts in Telecommunications Management from Indiana University.[1]
Career
Military Service
Jerry Franklin received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force in 1970.
CPBI
In 1985, Jerry Franklin was appointed to the position of President and CEO of CPBI. Franklin is also a director of People's United Bank, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Hartford Stage, the Hartford Club, and the Connecticut Boy Scouts Executive Council.[2]