All posts tagged Bob Barker

Dr. Patricia McEachern, professor of animal rights

By | February 29, 2012 | Advocates, Educators | No comments

Dr. Patricia McEachern–the Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professor of Animal Rights at Drury University in Springfield, MO–recounts how former “The New Price Is Right” host Bob Barker (Drury is his alma mater, the professorship is named in honor of his late wife) approached the school with the notion of making $1 million donation if Drury could create a program to truly help animals & animal welfare. Read more…

Bob Barker, retired host, “The Price Is Right” & philanthropist

By | January 11, 2012 | Actors & Filmmakers | No comments

Bob Barker–the retired host of “The Price Is Right” who, over the years, has underwritten a huge array of animal welfare organizations, projects and programs–discusses his lifelong love of animals and how this, combined with the wealth he accumulated over some 35 years of hosting “The Price Is Right,” accounts for his large-scale philanthropy.  Read more…

Bob Barker–host of “The Price Is Right”

By | June 14, 2006 | Actors & Filmmakers | No comments

Bob Barker–perhaps best known as the longtime host of “The Price Is Right,” but also revered for his decades-long work as an animal activist–discusses various aspects, and the early impact, of his establishing endowments for the study of animal rights law at several prominent law schools Read more…