Leon C. Collins

The research problem contained in the thesis examined imagery as cognition (a strategy for acquiring awareness and understanding of the phenomena of reality) and media as an educational instrument.

In 1969, Collins was selected to become an intern at WETA-TV PBS in Washington, DC, during his junior year at Howard University, majoring in cinematography and television production.

The produced community radio programs focused on media literacy, gender issues, health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and overall empowerment of women, girls and children in Liberia, West Africa.

A highlight in Leon's career was when he became Executive in Charge of Production for "A World Transformed: Our Reflections on Ending the Cold War", hosted by former President George H.W.

Five world leaders: George H. W. Bush (former President of the United States 1989-1993), Mikhail Gorbachev (former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985-1991), Margaret Thatcher (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979-1990), Brian Mulroney (former Prime Minister of Canada 1984-1993) and François Mitterrand (former President of the French Republic 1981-1995) gathered at a private daylong summit in Colorado Springs,Colorado as part of a weekend fundraiser for the George H.W.

These discussions revealed the unprecedented foreign policy insights as these former world leaders spoke, as private citizens with their personal recollections and individual roles in history.