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

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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 Commentary

Before 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