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Dr. Edward L. Palmer (1933–1999) was a media educator, "researcher," author, and advocate, with extensive international experience in media planning and "applications." He was a native of Oregon, held a Ph.D. degree in Educational Measurement and Research Design from Michigan State University, and held university appointments at Florida State University, Harvard University, and the: Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania.
Palmer shared in founding the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and Sesame Street, beginning as a general researcher. He was vice president of research at CTW for 19 years.
While at CTW, Palmer played a role in the creation of three adult TV series – the Feeling Good health series, an adult drama series on U.S. history called The Best of Families, and the 50-episode Latin American Health Minutes – in addition to The Electric Company, a children's TV series on reading; 3-2-1 Contact, a children's TV series on science; and numerous overseas adaptations of Sesame Street.
More recently, Palmer participated as a producer of Al Manaahil ("The Sources"), a TV series created by CTW in Jordan to teach reading of Arabic to Arab children and adults. And was a consultant to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs on the creation of The Equatorial Trilogy, three 75-minute made-for-TV feature films produced in Indonesia on the "subject of health and the environment."