Cable Legend Doug McCormick Passes Away

Born in 1949 in Queens New York Doug grew up in suburban Garden City Long Island and attended St Joseph School He graduated from Garden City High School where he was a frequent performer in school music shows After a stint in the US Merchant Marine through the National Maritime Union he attended the University of Dayton receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree and later earned an MBA from Columbia UniversityAn early player in the Cable industry Doug was inducted into the Cable Pioneer39s Hall of Fame Beginning with Cable Health Network a progenitor of Lifetime Cable TV he rose through the ranks and became the CEO of Lifetime TV Networks Doug is credited with transforming the network from reruns of talk radio shows and medical programming to originating the quotTelevision for Womenquot franchise of movies and documentaries that Lifetime still enjoys today He also conceived and launched the Lifetime Movie NetworkDoug later became the Chairman and CEO of iVillage Nasdaq iVil Chairman of LIN Media NYSE LIN and Chairman of Everyday Health Inc NYSE EVDY and served on other public company boards of directors After completing the sale of iVillage to NBC in 2006 Doug joined Rho Capital Partners a venture capital firm based in New York City His probono efforts included President of the Pelzman Foundation for Healthcare Innovation a non profit associated with New York Presbyterian Hospital and former President and member of the board of The Cancer Research and Treatment Fund also of New York Presbyterian HospitalHe was a Trustee of The American Management Association and a volunteer with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York Doug was the recipient of the quotGood Guyquot award from the National Women39s Political Caucus in 1997 for Lifetime39s advocacy in the fight against breast cancer and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his work on behalf of women39s issuesDoug lived an eclectic life Concurrent with his work in the whitecollar world he attained the status of a published songwriter His songs were formed and recorded by such stars as Dusty Springfield Gladys Knight Paul Anka and Roberto Carlos He leaves behind is loving wife of 22 years Katherine Kasia McCormick his two sons Doug Jr and Luke and five grandchildren He is survived by two brothers George and Peter and his sister Eileen McCormick DuBose Visitation at Frank E Campbell The Funeral Chapel Wednesday May 11 2022 from 59 pm Funeral Mass at St Thomas Moore Church on Thursday May 12 2022 at 10 amPublished in The New York Times on Tuesday May 10 2022Please share your memories photos and comments to be published at MediaVillage Send them to infomediavillagecom

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