| Other author/creator | Lathen, Deborah A., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Butler, Cheryl B. (Cheryl Blanche), 1967- interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Deborah Lathen |
| Portion of title |
Deborah Lathen |
| Abstract |
Lawyer and government administrator Deborah Lathen was born on March 28, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri. Lathen obtained her B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1975 and her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1978. After practicing as a lawyer at Foley and Lardner LLP and at Keck, Mahin & Cate, Lathen worked in the legal department at the Quaker Oats Company. She then worked for TRW and Nissan before joining the Federal Communications Commission as bureau chief of the Cable Services Bureau. As bureau chief, Lathen oversaw significant changes in the communications industry such as the America Online and Time Warner merger. In 2001, Lathen founded Lathen Consulting in Washington, D.C. and began providing services to telecommunications and media companies. In 2007, she became a board member for British Telecommunications. In 2012, she was appointed to the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Performer |
Cheryl Butler, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2008 April 30. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2008 January 30. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2008.003 HistoryMakers |
