deaths
March 17, 2002
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (born 1908)
Pat Weaver
Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping the format and philosophy of commercial broadcasting as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment medium. Actress Sigourney Weaver is his daughter.