George Landis Oral History
Object number2014.001.0050
Date05/01/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
George Landis
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 39 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with George Landis. A Dallas fifth grader, Landis observed and took a photograph of the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street on November 22, 1963.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 1, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-nine minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryBefore retiring in 2019, George Landis had a long career in the Dallas arts community. Marketing director for the Dallas Opera from 1996 to 2005, he then served as executive director of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra for eight years. At the time of this 2014 oral history, he was the general manager of WRR Classical 101.1 FM, the first licensed broadcast radio station in Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
