PeterDonaldson was born in 1945 in Cairo in the reign of King Farouk.
Peter transferred to Radio 4 in 1973, becoming chief announcer in 1988, responsible for, among other things, recruiting and training new announcers.
Peter's interests are news and current affairs, drama, poetry (especially war poetry) gardening, walking and swimming (preferably in the Mediterranean).
PeterDonaldson designs projects and develops collaborative funding strategies to amplify existing efforts by established organizations.
Peter is a master storyteller, educational consultant, and innovative facilitator, with 25 years experience in supporting learning communities, managing non-profits, designing curriculum, building partnerships and promoting new forms of organizational learning.
Peter is a veteran facilitator of Open Space group process supporting learning communities across disciplines and across the nation.
Peter is an enthusiastic member of the East Sussex Radio Society, and you will have heard his unmistakable voice (the Sunday Times described it as "a polished and fragrant rosewood, with elegant cadences and a certain good-humoured humanity") reading the newscall (the introduction to the news) every day during Rocket's 2004 run.
What it does mean, if PeterDonaldson's early retirement is allowed to go ahead, is that the listener will be bereft of yet another fine broadcaster.
I have listened to PeterDonaldson since a teenager and known him as a personal friend for the last five years and he is a worldly, educated and wickedly funny man.
The University has learnt, with regret, of the death on Friday, September 6 of PeterDonaldson, economist, radio and television broadcaster, aged 67.
Mr Donaldson was a Lecturer in the University of Leicester's Department of Economics from 1960-64.
PeterDonaldson's Guide to the British Economy, a standard schools and university textbook, and Worlds Apart: The Economic Gulf Between Nations resulted in an increase in media coverage, including radio and television broadcasting.
PeterDonaldson is a national facilitator for Open Space Technology and Founder of Salmonpeople Projects, working with communities throughout the bioregion to awaken watershed wisdom and deepen the behaviors of citizen stewardship.
Donaldson is an educational consultant serving numerous school systems by grounding curriculum design in the big stories of our time and by opening up possibilities for students to apply academic excellence in service to the watershed community in which they reside.
Donaldson is a consummate storyteller with two one-man shows that tour the Pacific Northwest annually: Salmonpeople and Leonardo da Vinci.
PeterDonaldson is a main newsreader on BBC Radio 4.
He was born in Cairo, Egypt on 23 August1945 and moved to Cyprus in 1952 at the time of the overthrow of King Farouk.
When the then Director-General Greg Dyke announced a plan to "cut the crap" from the BBC and sent plentiful publicity material to all members of staff, Donaldson famously threw his in the bin, before writing to Dyke informing him that he has "Taken your [Dyke's] advice - and cut the crap".
On his return to England, Peter joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London.
Peter worked first as an announcer on BBC Radio 2, which included presenting Night Ride and the Breakfast Show.
Peter transferred to BBC Radio 4 in 1973, becoming Chief Announcer in 1988, responsible for, among other things, recruiting and training new announcers.
Peter spent the first 14 years of his life in the Middle East - a part of the world that still holds a special interest for him.
Peter joined BBC Radio 4 in 1974 and has been with the network ever since.
Other than news and current affairs, Peter's interests include walking -- usually to pubs to discuss politics and religion; and swimming -- sometimes across tiny bays, to tavernas, to talk about Mediterranean cookery and books.
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