Lee Frischknecht

Lee Conrad Frischknecht (January 4, 1928 – December 29, 2004) was a broadcast journalist and, from 1973 to 1977, was the second president of National Public Radio.

Biography Frischknecht was born in Brigham City, Utah to Carl and Geniel Frischknecht (née Lund), and after graduation from Logan High School, spent two years (1946–1948) in the army in Japan.

Frischknecht returned to USU to work for a time and then moved to Washington, DC to work at National Public Radio under its first president, Don Quayle. Frischknecht became president of NPR in 1973, and served in that capacity until 1977. He returned to television at Arizona State University's KAET in 1980 and later helped found KBAQ. He retired in 1993.

Personal Frischknecht was married for 54 years (until his death) to the former Sara Jean McCulloch and had four daughters. He was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.