caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date image article_title name occupation alma_mater
jack valenti 26 april 2007 washington , d.c. , united states houston , texas , united states 150px 5 september 1921 jack valenti portrait.jpeg jack valenti
 jack valenti president president lyndon b. johnson of the mpaa , special assistant to u.s. university of houston harvard university
jack valenti

jack joseph valenti -lrb- september 5 , 1921 -- april 26 , 2007 -rrb- was a longtime president of the motion picture association of america .
during his 38-year tenure in the mpaa , he created the mpaa film rating system , and he was generally regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists in the world .
