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Ron Rodecker
Born
Ron Rodecker

1930 (age 86 or 87)
OccupationArtist

Ron Rodecker (born 1930) is a retired educator, artist, and creator of Dragon Tales, a PBS cartoon about children who visit a world populated by friendly dragons.[1]

Dragon Tales

Rodecker came up with the idea of Dragon Tales when solicited by Columbia TriStar to find a vehicle for his whimsical characters they witnessed at the Sawdust Summer Arts and Crafts Show in Laguna Beach, CA. He created a treatment for a prospective new series and Both Columbia TriStar and Sesame Street went in as partners to launch the series that aired on PBS and garnered three Emmy nominations.

Personal life

Rodecker was an educator for 23 years and served for two years as an elementary school principal on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. Rodecker now lives in Nevada City, CA with his wife Katherine.

References

  1. ^ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com.dbpcosdcsgt.co.san-diego.ca.us/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=104C01D367C2DE2F&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=3


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