Huntington Resident Keith Turner Recognized
with C.W. Post Distinguished Alumni Award

May 5, 2003 - Most people watch television; a select few actually influence what others see. Keith G. Turner, president of sales and marketing for the NBC Television Network, is one of those elite few.

Turner began his career as a media planner in 1976 at Grey Advertising, where he handled accounts for Warner Bros., American Motors and Canon. From 1980 to 1982, he served as vice president and media director at the company, and was responsible for network television buying. In 1982, he became an account executive in CBS-TV’s network sports division, later moving to NBC-TV and becoming an account executive for primetime network sales. He was promoted to vice president of NBC’s sports sales division in 1990 and rose through the ranks to his current position, where he has executive responsibility for all areas of NBC-TV sales. Turner oversees the network’s sales development and marketing department, which is responsible for NBC Connect, a highly successful cross-media sales and marketing initiative.

In recognition of his great success, the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville will honor him with a Distinguished Alumni Award at its 45th annual commencement ceremonies on May 11, 2003. Turner, a resident of Huntington, graduated from C.W. Post in 1976 with a bachelor of science degree in business management.

Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented to C.W. Post graduates who have achieved professional success and who serve as role models to students. Baker will be honored along with another distinguished alumni: Eli S. Feldman, the president and chief executive officer of Metropolitan Jewish Health System in Brooklyn, and Randall P. Baker, a retired executive vice president for Oracle, and current director of Modernsoft, creator of the "Financial Genome" business modeling structure.

C.W. Post is one of six campuses of Long Island University, the seventh largest private university in the United States. With more than 13,000 full- and part-time students, C.W. Post offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs in accountancy, business (AACSB accredited), computer science, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science (ALA accredited), education, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. C.W. Post also offers an extensive continuing education program.