Access Chautauqua
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PR: Ira Cooperman to Appear on 'Chautauqua People'
Published July 10, 2016

Ira Cooperman is the next person to appear on Chautauqua People.

The program will air at 1:30 and 7:30 PM each day beginning on July 16, with the last airing on July 22.

Ira Cooperman is an interviewer for the TV program ?hautauqua People.?Ira is an instructor for Special Studies and Road Scholar at the Chautauqua Institution and is a member of the CLSC Class of 2012.

Since 2005, he has taught courses at Chautauqua on the U.S. Intelligence Community, Diplomacy and National Security, World War II, and the Vietnam War, and has been a guest lecturer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the State University of New York.

This summer Ira is teaching five history and national security classes as part of Chautauqua? Special Studies program.

He is a native of New York City and has been coming to Chautauqua since 1995. He is a former Air Force officer, having served in the Vietnam War while stationed in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand as an intelligence officer. He is a frequent speaker on several national security topics.

Mr. Cooperman will be interviewed by Chautauqua People Producer John Viehe.

Access Channel 5 (QAM channel 5.3 without a converter) is available to cable viewers in the Mayville, Chautauqua, North Harmony, Sherman, Westfield and Portland areas.

The program may also be viewed after the initial airing at the station's web site http://ac5.weebly.com/