Oliver Ernest Treyz was an American network television executive.
12 Facts About Oliver Treyz
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Oliver Treyz was promoted from vice president to president in 1958 after the departure of James T Aubrey.
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Oliver Ernest Treyz was born on April 23,1918, in Willowemoc, New York to Harry August Treyz and Martha nee Davey.
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Oliver Treyz then went to work at advertising agency BBDO.
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Oliver Treyz left ABC in 1954 and became the founder and first president of the Television Bureau of Advertising, a trade group for local television stations.
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On October 17,1956, Treyz succeeded Robert E Kintner as vice-president of the television division of the American Broadcasting Company.
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The next year on February 17,1958, Oliver Treyz filled in and took over the seat as president of ABC.
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The scandal brought so much shame to the network that Oliver Treyz was asked to step down from his position.
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Oliver Treyz, who suffered with alcoholism later in life, moved into the Actors' Fund Retirement Home in Englewood, New Jersey in the 1990s.
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Oliver Treyz died June 14,1998, of kidney failure due to prostate cancer at the age of 80.
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Oliver Treyz was survived by his two sons and two granddaughters.
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Oliver Treyz is buried with his parents in Orchard Street Cemetery in Livingston Manor, New York.