Please answer the following question: Facts: - death date: 17 february 1980 - education: depauw university -lrb- 1917 -rrb- - children: howard cotterill sheperd , jr. . - birth date: 15 october 1894 - name: howard cottrell sheperd - parents: albert m. sheperd clara s. burlingame - birth place: vincennes , indiana Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of howard c. sheperd .
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howard cottrell sheperd -lrb- october 15 , 1894 -- february 17 , 1980 -rrb- was chairman of the predecessor to citibank from 1952 to 1959 and a founder of wnet , the new york city public broadcasting service outlet .