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Fred Rogers

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister.[1] He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.


Fred Rogers
Rogers in 1982
Born
Fred McFeely Rogers

(1928-03-20)March 20, 1928
DiedFebruary 27, 2003(2003-02-27) (aged 74)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other namesMister Rogers
Education
Occupations
Years active1951–2003
Spouse
Joanne Byrd
(m. 1952)
Children2
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom (2002)
Official nameFred McFeely Rogers (1928–2003)
TypeRoadside
DesignatedJune 11, 2016
Signature

Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station WQED. He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. He attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development, where he began his 30-year collaboration with child psychologist Margaret McFarland. He also helped develop the children's shows The Children's Corner (1955) for WQED in Pittsburgh and Misterogers (1963) in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1968, he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his Canadian series to create Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It ran for 33 years and was critically acclaimed for focusing on children's emotional and physical concerns, such as death, sibling rivalry, school enrollment, and divorce.

Rogers died of stomach cancer in 2003, aged 74. His work in children's television has been widely lauded, and he received more than 40 honorary degrees and several awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Rogers influenced many writers and producers of children's television shows, and his broadcasts provided comfort during tragic events, even after his death.

Early life

Rogers was born on March 20, 1928, at 705 Main Street in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles (64 km) outside of Pittsburgh.[2] His father, James Hillis Rogers, was "a very successful businessman"[3] who was president of the McFeely Brick Company, one of Latrobe's most prominent businesses. His mother, Nancy (née McFeely), knitted sweaters for American soldiers from western Pennsylvania who were fighting in Europe and regularly volunteered at the Latrobe Hospital. Initially dreaming of becoming a doctor, she settled for a life of hospital volunteer work. Her father, Fred Brooks McFeely, after whom Rogers was named, was an entrepreneur.[4]

Rogers grew up in a large three-story brick house at 737 Weldon Street in Latrobe.[5][2] He had a sister, Elaine, whom the Rogerses adopted when he was 11 years old.[5] Rogers spent much of his childhood alone, playing with puppets, and also spent time with his grandfather. He began playing the piano when he was five.[6] Through an ancestor who immigrated from Germany to the U.S., Johannes Meffert (born 1732), Rogers is the sixth cousin of American actor Tom Hanks, who portrays him in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019).[7]

Rogers had a difficult childhood. Shy, introverted, and overweight, he was frequently homebound after suffering bouts of asthma.[3] He was bullied as a child for his weight and called "Fat Freddy".[8] According to Morgan Neville, director of the 2018 documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Rogers had a "lonely childhood ... I think he made friends with himself as much as he could. He had a ventriloquist dummy, he had [stuffed] animals, and he would create his own worlds in his childhood bedroom".[8]

 
Rogers in Rollins College's 1951 yearbook.

Rogers attended Latrobe High School, where he overcame his shyness.[9] "It was tough for me at the beginning," Rogers told NPR's Terry Gross in 1984. "And then I made a couple friends who found out that the core of me was okay. And one of them was ... the head of the football team".[10] He became president of the student council, a member of the National Honor Society, and editor-in-chief of the school yearbook.[9] He registered for the draft in Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1948 at age 20, where he was classified 1-A (available for military service).[11] However, his status was changed to unqualified for military service following an Armed Forces physical on October 12, 1950.[11] He attended Dartmouth College for one year before transferring to Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida,[6] where he graduated magna cum laude[12] in 1951 with a Bachelor of Music.[13]

He graduated magna cum laude[14] from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1962 with a Bachelor of Divinity,[13] and was ordained a minister by the Pittsburgh Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church in 1963.[15] His mission as an ordained minister, rather than a church pastor, was to minister to children and their families through television. He regularly appeared before church officials to maintain his ordination.[16]

Career

Early work

Rogers wanted to enter seminary after college,[17] but instead chose to go into the nascent medium of television after encountering a TV at his parents' home in 1951 during his senior year at Rollins College.[18] In a CNN interview, he said, "I went into television because I hated it so, and I thought there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen".[19][note 1] After graduating in 1951, he worked at NBC in New York City as floor director of Your Hit Parade, The Kate Smith Hour, and Gabby Hayes's children's show, and as an assistant producer of The Voice of Firestone.[22][23][24]

 
Josie Carey and Rogers filming an Attic scene in The Children's Corner. Over Carey's shoulder is Daniel S. (Striped) Tiger, and to the right of Rogers is King Friday XIII.

In 1953, Rogers returned to Pittsburgh to work as a program developer at public television station WQED. Josie Carey worked with him to develop the children's show The Children's Corner, which Carey hosted. Rogers worked off-camera to develop puppets, characters, and music for the show. He used many puppet characters developed during this time, such as Daniel the Striped Tiger (named after WQED's station manager, Dorothy Daniel, who gave Rogers a tiger puppet before the show's premiere),[25] King Friday XIII, Queen Sara Saturday (named after Rogers's wife),[26] X the Owl, Henrietta, and Lady Elaine, in his later work.[27][28] Children's television entertainer Ernie Coombs was an assistant puppeteer.[29] The Children's Corner won a Sylvania Award for best locally produced children's programming in 1955 and was broadcast nationally on NBC.[30][31][32] While working on the show, Rogers attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963. He also attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development,[33][32] where he began working with child psychologist Margaret McFarland—who, according to Rogers's biographer Maxwell King, became his "key advisor and collaborator" and "child-education guru".[34] Much of Rogers's "thinking about and appreciation for children was shaped and informed" by McFarland.[33] She was his consultant for most of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's scripts and songs for 30 years.[34]

In 1963, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Toronto contracted Rogers to develop and host the 15-minute black-and-white children's program Misterogers; it lasted from 1963 to 1967.[29][35] It was the first time Rogers appeared on camera. CBC's children's programming head Fred Rainsberry insisted on it, telling Rogers, "Fred, I've seen you talk with kids. Let's put you yourself on the air".[36] Coombs joined Rogers in Toronto as an assistant puppeteer.[29] Rogers also worked with Coombs on the children's show Butternut Square from 1964 to 1967. He acquired the rights to Misterogers in 1967 and returned to Pittsburgh with his wife, two young sons, and the sets he developed, despite a potentially promising career with CBC and no job prospects in Pittsburgh.[37][38] On Rogers' recommendation, Coombs remained in Toronto and became Rogers' Canadian equivalent of an iconic television personality, creating the long-running children's program Mr. Dressup, which ran from 1967 to 1996.[39] Rogers's work for CBC "helped shape and develop the concept and style of his later program for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the U.S."[40]

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

 
Rogers and François Clemmons having a foot bath in 1969, breaking a well-known color barrier.[41]
 
Rogers changing shoes.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (also called the Neighborhood), a half-hour educational children's program starring Rogers, began airing nationally in 1968 and ran for 895 episodes.[42] It was videotaped at WQED in Pittsburgh and broadcast by National Educational Television (NET), which later became the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).[43][44] Its first season had 180 black-and-white episodes. Each subsequent season, filmed in color and funded by PBS, the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, and other charities, consisted of 65 episodes.[45][46] By the time it ended production in December 2000, its average rating was about 0.7% of television households or 680,000 homes, and it aired on 384 PBS stations. At its peak in 1985–1986, its ratings were 2.1%, or 1.8 million homes.[47][48] The last original episode aired in 2001, but PBS continued to air reruns, and by 2016 it was the third-longest-running program in PBS history.[46][49]

Many of the sets and props in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, like the trolley, the sneakers, and the castle, were created for Rogers's show in Toronto by CBC designers and producers. The program also "incorporated most of the highly imaginative elements that later became famous",[50] such as its slow pace and its host's quiet manner.[51][50] The format of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "remained virtually unchanged" for the entire run of the program.[52] Every episode begins with a camera's-eye view of a model of a neighborhood, then panning in closer to a representation of a house while a piano instrumental of the theme song, "Won't You be My Neighbor?", performed by music director Johnny Costa and inspired by a Beethoven sonata, is played.[53] The camera zooms in to a model representing Mr. Rogers's house, then cuts to the house's interior and pans across the room to the front door, which Rogers opens as he sings the theme song to greet his visitors while changing his suit jacket to a cardigan (knitted by his mother)[54] and his dress shoes to sneakers, "complete with a shoe tossed from one hand to another".[55] The episode's theme is introduced, and Mr. Rogers leaves his home to visit another location, the camera panning back to the neighborhood model and zooming in to the new location as he enters it. Once this segment ends, Mr. Rogers leaves and returns to his home, indicating that it is time to visit the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Mr. Rogers proceeds to the window seat by the trolley track and sets up the action there as the Trolley comes out. The camera follows it down a tunnel in the back wall of the house as it enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. The stories and lessons take place over a week's worth of episodes and involve puppets and human characters. The end of the visit occurs when the Trolley returns to the same tunnel from which it emerged, reappearing in Mr. Rogers's home. He then talks to the viewers before concluding the episode. He often feeds his fish, cleans up any props he has used, and returns to the front room, where he sings the closing song while changing back into his dress shoes and jacket. He exits the front door as he ends the song, and the camera zooms out of his home and pans across the neighborhood model as the episode ends.[note 2]

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood emphasized young children's social and emotional needs, and unlike another PBS show, Sesame Street, which premiered in 1969, did not focus on cognitive learning.[56] Writer Kathy Merlock Jackson said, "While both shows target the same preschool audience and prepare children for kindergarten, Sesame Street concentrates on school-readiness skills while Mister Rogers Neighborhood focuses on the child's developing psyche and feelings and sense of moral and ethical reasoning".[57] The Neighborhood also spent fewer resources on research than Sesame Street, but Rogers used early childhood education concepts taught by his mentor Margaret McFarland, Benjamin Spock, Erik Erikson, and T. Berry Brazelton in his lessons.[58] As the Washington Post noted, Rogers taught young children about civility, tolerance, sharing, and self-worth "in a reassuring tone and leisurely cadence".[59] He tackled difficult topics such as the death of a family pet, sibling rivalry, the addition of a newborn into a family, moving and enrolling in a new school, and divorce.[59] For example, he wrote a special segment that dealt with the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy that aired on June 7, 1968, days after the assassination occurred.[60]

According to King, the process of putting each episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood together was "painstaking"[61] and Rogers's contribution to the program was "astounding". Rogers wrote and edited all the episodes, played the piano and sang for most of the songs, wrote 200 songs and 13 operas, created all the characters (both puppet and human), played most of the significant puppet roles, hosted every episode, and produced and approved every detail of the program.[62] The puppets created for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe "included an extraordinary variety of personalities".[63] They were simple puppets but "complex, complicated, and utterly honest beings".[64] In 1971, Rogers formed Family Communications, Inc. (FCI, now The Fred Rogers Company), to produce the Neighborhood, other programs, and non-broadcast materials.[65][66]

In 1975, Rogers stopped producing Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood to focus on adult programming. Reruns of the Neighborhood continued to air on PBS.[67] King reports that the decision caught many of his coworkers and supporters "off guard".[68] Rogers continued to confer with McFarland about child development and early childhood education, however.[69] In 1979, after an almost five-year hiatus, Rogers returned to producing the Neighborhood; King calls the new version "stronger and more sophisticated than ever".[70] King writes that by the program's second run in the 1980s, it was "such a cultural touchstone that it had inspired numerous parodies",[20] most notably Eddie Murphy's parody on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s.[20]

Rogers retired from producing the Neighborhood in 2001 at age 73, although reruns continued to air. He and FCI had been making about two or three weeks of new programs per year for many years, "filling the rest of his time slots from a library of about 300 shows made since 1979".[48] The final original episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood aired on August 31, 2001.[71]

Other work and appearances

Rogers testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, chaired by John Pastore, on May 1, 1969. As part of his testimony, he recites the lyrics to "What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel?"

In 1969, Rogers testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, which was chaired by Democratic Senator John Pastore of Rhode Island. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson had proposed a $20 million bill for the creation of PBS before he left office, but his successor, Richard Nixon, wanted to cut the funding to $10 million.[72] Even though Rogers was not yet nationally known, he was chosen to testify because of his ability to make persuasive arguments and to connect emotionally with his audience. The clip of Rogers's testimony, which was televised and has since been viewed by millions of people on the internet, helped to secure funding for PBS for many years afterward.[73][74] According to King, Rogers's testimony was "considered one of the most powerful pieces of testimony ever offered before Congress, and one of the most powerful pieces of video presentation ever filmed".[75] It brought Pastore to tears and also, according to King, has been studied by public relations experts and academics.[75] Congressional funding for PBS increased from $9 million to $22 million.[72] In 1970, Nixon appointed Rogers as chair of the White House Conference on Children and Youth.[76][note 3]

In 1978, while on hiatus from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Rogers wrote, produced, and hosted a 30-minute interview program for adults on PBS called Old Friends ... New Friends.[78][79] It lasted 20 episodes. Rogers's guests included Hoagy Carmichael, Helen Hayes, Milton Berle, Lorin Hollander, poet Robert Frost's daughter Lesley, and Willie Stargell.[78][80]

In September 1987, Rogers visited Moscow to appear as the first guest on the long-running Soviet children's TV show Good Night, Little Ones! with host Tatiana Vedeneyeva.[81] The appearance was broadcast in the Soviet Union on December 7, coinciding with the Washington Summit meeting between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington D.C.[82] Vedeneyeva visited the set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in November. Her visit was taped and later aired in March 1988 as part of Rogers's program.[83] In 1994, Rogers wrote, produced, and hosted a special for PBS called Fred Rogers' Heroes, which featured interviews and portraits of four people from across the country who were having a positive impact on children and education.[84][85] The first time Rogers appeared on television as an actor, and not himself, was in a 1996 episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, playing a preacher.[6]

Rogers gave "scores of interviews".[86] Though reluctant to appear on television talk shows, he would usually "charm the host with his quick wit and ability to ad-lib on a moment's notice".[87] Rogers was "one of the country's most sought-after commencement speakers",[88] making over 150 speeches.[86] His friend and colleague David Newell reported that Rogers would "agonize over a speech",[89] and King reported that Rogers was at his least guarded during his speeches, which were about children, television, education, his view of the world, how to make the world a better place, and his quest for self-knowledge. His tone was quiet and informal but "commanded attention".[86] In many speeches, including the ones he made accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997,[90] for his induction into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999,[88] and his final commencement speech at Dartmouth College in 2002, he instructed his audiences to remain silent and think for a moment about someone who had a good influence on them.[91]

Personal life

 
Rogers and wife Joanne Byrd, 1975.

Rogers met Sara Joanne Byrd (called "Joanne") from Jacksonville, Florida, while attending Rollins College. They were married from 1952 until he died in 2003. They had two sons, James and John.[92][93] Joanne Rogers (fr) was "an accomplished pianist",[94] who like Fred earned a Bachelor of Music from Rollins, and went on to earn a Master of Music from Florida State University. She performed publicly with her college classmate, Jeannine Morrison, from 1976 to 2008.[94][95] According to biographer Maxwell King, Rogers's close associates said he was "absolutely faithful to his marriage vows".[96][97]

Rogers was red-green color-blind.[90][98] He became a pescatarian in 1970, after the death of his father, and a vegetarian in the early 1980s,[99] saying he "couldn't eat anything that had a mother".[100] He became a co-owner of Vegetarian Times in the mid-1980s[100] and said in one issue, "I love tofu burgers and beets".[101] He told Vegetarian Times that he became a vegetarian for both ethical and health reasons.[101] According to his biographer Maxwell King, Rogers also signed his name to a statement protesting wearing animal furs.[100] Rogers was a registered Republican, but according to Joanne Rogers, he was "very independent in the way he voted", choosing not to talk about politics because he wanted to be impartial.[102] Rogers was a Presbyterian, and many of the messages he expressed in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood were inspired by the core tenets of Christianity. Rogers rarely spoke about his faith on air; he believed that teaching through example was as powerful as preaching. He said, "You don't need to speak overtly about religion in order to get a message across". According to writer Shea Tuttle, Rogers considered his faith a fundamental part of his personality and "called the space between the viewer and the television set 'holy ground'". He also studied Catholic mysticism, Judaism, Buddhism, and other faiths and cultures.[100][103] King called him "that unique television star with a real spiritual life",[103] emphasizing the values of patience, reflection, and "silence in a noisy world".[100] King reported that despite Rogers's family's wealth, he cared little about making money, and lived frugally, especially as he and his wife grew older.[104][105] King reported that Rogers's relationship with his young audience was important to him. For example, since hosting Misterogers in Canada, he answered every letter sent to him by hand. After Mister Rogers' Neighborhood began airing in the U.S., the letters increased in volume, and he hired staff member and producer Hedda Sharapan to answer them, but he read, edited, and signed each one. King wrote that Rogers saw responding to his viewers' letters as "a pastoral duty of sorts".[106]

The New York Times called Rogers "a dedicated lap-swimmer",[88] and Tom Junod, author of "Can You Say ... Hero?", the 1998 Esquire profile of Rogers, said, "Nearly every morning of his life, Mister Rogers has gone swimming".[90] Rogers began swimming when he was a child at his family's vacation home outside Latrobe, where they owned a pool, and during their winter trips to Florida. King wrote that swimming and playing the piano were "lifelong passions" and that "both gave him a chance to feel capable and in charge of his destiny",[107] and that swimming became "an important part of the strong sense of self-discipline he cultivated". Rogers swam daily at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, after waking every morning between 4:30 and 5:30 A.M. to pray and to "read the Bible and prepare himself for the day".[108] He did not smoke or drink.[88] According to Junod, he did nothing to change his weight from the 143 pounds (65 kg) he weighed for most of his adult life; by 1998, this also included napping daily, going to bed at 9:30 P.M., and sleeping eight hours per night without interruption. Junod said Rogers saw his weight "as a destiny fulfilled", telling Junod, "the number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you'".[90]

Death and memorials

After Rogers' retirement in 2001, he remained busy working with FCI, studying religion and spirituality, making public appearances, traveling, and working on a children's media center named after him at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe with Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, chancellor of the college.[109] By the summer of 2002, his chronic stomach pain became severe enough for him to see a doctor about it, and in October 2002, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.[110] He delayed treatment until after he served as Grand Marshal of the 2003 Rose Parade, with Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby, in January.[111] On January 6, Rogers underwent stomach surgery. He died less than two months later, on February 27, 2003,[112][113] at his home in Pittsburgh, with his wife of 50 years, Joanne, at his side. While comatose shortly before his death, he received the last rites of the Catholic Church from Archabbot Nowicki.[114][113][6]

The following day, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette covered Rogers' death on the front page and dedicated an entire section to his death and impact.[113] The newspaper also reported that by noon, the internet "was already full of appreciative pieces" by parents, viewers, producers, and writers.[115] Rogers' death was widely lamented. Most U.S. metropolitan newspapers ran his obituary on their front page and some dedicated entire sections to coverage of his death.[116] WQED aired programs about Rogers the evening he died; the Post-Gazette reported that the ratings for their coverage were three times higher than their normal ratings.[116] That same evening, Nightline on ABC broadcast a rerun of a recent interview with Rogers; the program got the highest ratings of the day, beating the February average ratings of Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[116] On March 4, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honoring Rogers sponsored by Representative Mike Doyle from Pennsylvania.[117]

On March 1, 2003, a private funeral was held for Rogers in Unity Chapel, which was restored by Rogers' father, at Unity Cemetery in Latrobe. About 80 relatives, co-workers, and close friends attended the service, which "was planned in great secrecy so that those closest to him could grieve in private".[118] Reverend John McCall, pastor of the Rogers family's church, Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill, gave the homily; Reverend William Barker, a retired Presbyterian minister who was a "close friend of Mr. Rogers and the voice of Mr. Platypus on his show",[118] read Rogers' favorite Bible passages. Rogers was interred at Unity Cemetery in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, in a mausoleum owned by his mother's family.[118][119]

On May 3, 2003, a public memorial was held at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh. According to the Post-Gazette, 2,700 people attended. Violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma (via video), and organist Alan Morrison performed in honor of Rogers. Barker officiated the service; also in attendance were Pittsburgh philanthropist Elsie Hillman, former Good Morning America host David Hartman, The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle, and Arthur creator Marc Brown. Businesswoman and philanthropist Teresa Heinz, PBS President Pat Mitchell, and executive director of The Pittsburgh Project Saleem Ghubril gave remarks.[120] Jeff Erlanger, who at age 10 appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1981 to explain his electric wheelchair, also spoke.[121] The memorial was broadcast several times on Pittsburgh television stations and websites throughout the day.[122]

Legacy

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster", I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world.
—Fred Rogers[123]


Whenever a great tragedy strikes—war, famine, mass shootings, or even an outbreak of populist rage—millions of people turn to Fred's messages about life. Then the web is filled with his words and images. With fascinating frequency, his written messages and video clips surge across the internet, reaching hundreds of thousands of people who, confronted with a tough issue or ominous development, open themselves to Rogers' messages of quiet contemplation, of simplicity, of active listening and the practice of human kindness.
—Rogers biographer Maxwell King[124]

Marc Brown, creator of another PBS children's show, Arthur, considered Rogers both a friend and "a terrific role model for how to use television and the media to be helpful to kids and families".[125] Josh Selig, creator of Wonder Pets, credits Rogers with influencing his use of structure and predictability, and his use of music, opera, and originality.[126]

Rogers inspired Angela Santomero, co-creator of the children's television show Blue's Clues, to earn a degree in developmental psychology and go into educational television.[127] She and the other producers of Blue's Clues used many of Rogers's techniques, such as using child developmental and educational research and having the host speak directly to the camera and transition to a make-believe world.[128] In 2006, three years after Rogers's death and the end of production of Blue's Clues, the Fred Rogers Company contacted Santomero to create a show that would promote Rogers's legacy.[127] In 2012, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, with characters from and based upon Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, premiered on PBS.[129]

Rogers's style and approach to children's television and early childhood education also "begged to be parodied".[130] Comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on Saturday Night Live during the 1980s.[20][131] Rogers told interviewer David Letterman in 1982 that he believed parodies like Murphy's were done "with kindness in their hearts".[132]

Video of Rogers's 1969 testimony in defense of public programming has experienced a resurgence since 2012, going viral at least twice. It first resurfaced after then presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested cutting funding for PBS.[133][134] In 2017, video of the testimony again went viral after President Donald Trump proposed defunding several arts-related government programs including PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts.[133][135]

A roadside Pennsylvania Historical Marker dedicated to Rogers to be installed in Latrobe was approved[136] by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission on March 4, 2014.[137] It was installed on June 11, 2016, with the title "Fred McFeely Rogers (1928–2003)".[138]

Won't You Be My Neighbor?, director Morgan Neville's 2018 documentary about Rogers's life, grossed over $22 million and became the top-grossing biographical documentary ever produced, the highest-grossing documentary in five years, and the 12th largest-grossing documentary ever made.[139][140] The 2019 drama film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood tells the story of Rogers and his television series, with Tom Hanks portraying Rogers.

According to Caitlin Gibson of The Washington Post, Rogers became a source for parenting advice; she called him "a timeless oracle against a backdrop of ever-shifting parenting philosophies and cultural trends".[139] Robert Thompson of Syracuse University noted that Rogers "took American childhood—and I think Americans in general—through some very turbulent and trying times",[131] from the Vietnam War and the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 to the 9/11 attacks in 2001. According to Asia Simone Burns of National Public Radio, in the years following the end of production on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 2001 and his death in 2003, Rogers became "a source of comfort, sometimes in the wake of tragedy".[131] Burns has said Rogers's words of comfort "began circulating on social media"[131] following tragedies such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, the Manchester Arena bombing in Manchester, England, in 2017, and the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.

Awards and honors

Year Honor Notes Ref.
1970 Outstanding Rollins Alumnus of 1970 Given by Rollins College. [141]
1975 Ralph Lowell Award Given by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in recognition of "outstanding contributions and achievements to public television". [142]
1977 Myrtle Wreath Award Awarded for "outstanding contributions to the community" [143]
1977 Other's Award Given at the 13th Annual Civic Luncheon of the Salvation Army Association of Greater Pittsburgh. Awarded for humanitarianism. [144][145]
1978 Distinguished Alumnus Award Given by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. [146]
1978 1977-78 Lay Leader Award Given by the Three Rivers Chapter, University of Pittsburgh, Phi Delta Kappa fraternity [147]
1978 Gabriel awardee Given by the Catholic Broadcasting Association [148]
1981 Distinguished Communications Recognition Award Awarded at the 12th national Abe Lincoln Awards banquet for his work in children's television. [149]
1982 Media Arts Award Given as part of the third annual Governor's Day Awards in the Arts. [150]
1986 CINE Golden Eagle Award Awarded for Rogers's educational special for children "Let's Talk About Going to the Doctor." [151]
1987 CINE Golden Eagle Award Awarded for Rogers's educational special for children "Mister Rogers Talks With Children About Saying Goodbye to Friends." [151]
1987 Honorary member, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity for male musicians who have adopted music as a career. [152]
1988 Immaculata Medal Given by Immaculata College. It is the college's highest honor. [153][154]
1989 1989 Man of the Year Named by the Vectors/Pittsburgh. [155]
1990 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement Given by the Pennsylvania Society, which recognizes Pennsylvanians who made significant contributions to the Commonwealth. The Society donated $25,000 to the McFarland Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation (named after Margaret McFarland) in Rogers's honor. [156]
1991 Pittsburgh Penguins Celebrity Captain Part of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s 75th anniversary. Rogers was one of 12 celebrity captains to be selected for the 1992 Pro Set Platinum collection. [157][158]
1991 Rollins College Walk of Fame Honored by Rollins College. [141]
1992 Comenius Medallion Given by Moravian College along with an honorary degree. It is the college's highest honor. [159]
1992 Peabody Award Awarded "in recognition of 25 years of beautiful days in the neighborhood".[160] [161]
1994 President's Distinguished Service Medal Given by Colgate Rochester Divinity School. Rogers spoke at the commencement of the school's Bexley–Hall–Crozer Theological Seminary on the date of receipt. The award is the school's equivalent of an honorary degree. [162][163]
1995 National Patron, Delta Omicron Awarded by the international professional music fraternity to musicians who have attained "a national reputation in his or her field".[164] [165]
1995 Joseph F. Mulach Jr. Award Presented by the Vocational Rehabilitation Center board of directors in Pittsburgh. The award is given to a person who made major improvements to the quality of life of the disabled. [166]
1997 Lifetime Achievement Emmy Awarded "for giving generation upon generation of children confidence in themselves, for being their friend, for telling them again and again and again that they are special and that they have worth."[167] [88]
1997 Television Critics Association Career Achievement Awarded for Rogers's "longevity and influence." [168][169]
1998 Hollywood Walk of Fame star Located at 6600 Hollywood Blvd. [170]
1999 Television Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Erlanger appeared as a surprise guest during the ceremony. [171]
1999 Pennsylvania Founder's Award The award was created in 1997 to recognize a Pennsylvanian who has made major contributions to their state. Governor Tom Ridge presented the award. [172]
2000 Presidential Medal of Honor Presented by St. Vincent College. Rogers was a guest speaker for the college's 154th commencement on the date of receipt. [173]
2001 Fred Rogers Award Presented by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Rogers was the first recipient of this award. [174]
2002 Elsie Award Awarded for community service. [175]
2002 Presidential Medal of Freedom The highest American civilian honor; awarded by President George W. Bush. [176]

[177]

2002 Common Wealth Award Given by PNC Financial Services, "celebrating the best of human achievement". [178]
2003 International Astronomical Union asteroid designation Asteroid 26858 Misterrogers named in Rogers's honor, discovered by Eleanor Helin in 1993. [179][180]
2006 Television Hall of Fame inductee Awarded by the Online Film & Television Association. In 2010, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was inducted into the Hall of Fame. [181][182]
2008 "Sweater Day" Tribute to Rogers on what would have been his 80th birthday (March 20) by FCI. People worldwide were encouraged to wear a sweater honoring Rogers's legacy and the final event in a six-day celebration in Pittsburgh. [183][184]
2015 "Sweater drive" Rogers honored by the Altoona Curve, a Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team wore commemorative jerseys that featured a printed facsimile of Rogers's cardigan and tie ensemble, which were then auctioned off, with the proceeds going to the local PBS station, WPSU-TV. [185]
2018 First-class/Forever postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service Dedicated on March 23 at WQED. [186][187]
2018 Google Doodle In honor of the 51st anniversary of the premiere of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (September 21). Created in collaboration with Fred Rogers Productions, The Fred Rogers Center, and BixPix Entertainment. [188][189]
2019 Unforgettable Nonfiction Subject of 2018 Awarded by Cinema Eye Honors for being a "notable and significant nonfiction film subject" in Won't You Be My Neighbor? [190]
2021 Grammy Award Awarded posthumously by The Recording Academy for Best Historical Album for It's Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers. Fred Rogers and Michael Graves, mastering engineers; Lee Lodyga and Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers. [191]
 
Memorial statue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, created by Robert Berks; opened to the public on November 5, 2009
 
Rogers being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2002

Museum exhibits

  • Smithsonian Institution permanent collection. In 1984, Rogers donated one of his sweaters to the Smithsonian.[24][192]
  • Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Exhibit created by Rogers and FCI in 1998. It attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors over ten years. It included, from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, one of his sweaters, a pair of his sneakers, original puppets from the program, and photographs of Rogers. The exhibit traveled to children's museums throughout the country for eight years until it was given to the Louisiana Children's Museum in New Orleans as a permanent exhibit to help them recover from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In 2007, the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh created a traveling exhibit based on the factory tours featured in episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.[193][194][195]
  • Heinz History Center permanent collection (2018). In honor of the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and what would have been Rogers's 90th birthday.[196] Exhibits include the iconic King Friday's blue castle, the Owl's tree and a tricycle ridden by courier Mr. McFeely.[197]
  • Louisiana Children's Museum. The museum contains an exhibit of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which debuted in 2007. The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh donated the exhibit.[193]
  • Fred Rogers Exhibit. The Exhibit displays the life, career, and legacy of Rogers and includes photos, artifacts from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and clips of the program and interviews featuring Rogers. It is located at the Fred Rogers Center.[198]

Art pieces

Several pieces of art are dedicated to Rogers throughout Pittsburgh, including a 7,000-pound, 11-foot-high bronze statue of him in the North Shore neighborhood. In the Oakland neighborhood, his portrait is included in the Martin Luther King Jr. and "Interpretations of Oakland" murals. A dinosaur statue titled "Fredasaurus Rex Friday XIII" originally stood in front of the WQED building and, as of 2014, stood in front of the building containing the Fred Rogers Company offices. There is a "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe" in Idlewild Park and a kiosk of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood artifacts at Pittsburgh International Airport.[199] The Carnegie Science Center's Miniature Railroad and Village debuted a miniature recreation of Rogers's house from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 2005.[200]

Honorary degrees

Rogers giving a commencement speech at Middlebury College in 2001.

Rogers has received honorary degrees from over 43 colleges and universities. After 1973, two commemorative quilts, created by two of Rogers's friends and archived at the Fred Rogers Center at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, were made out of the academic hoods he received during the graduation ceremonies.[201][202]

Note: Much of the below list is taken from "Honorary Degrees Awarded to Fred Rogers",[146] unless otherwise stated.

Filmography

Television

Year Title
1954–1961 The Children's Corner[225]
1963–1966 Misterogers[37]
1964–1967 Butternut Square[37]
1968–2001 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood[37]
1977–1982 Christmastime with Mister Rogers[226]
1978–1980 Old Friends ... New Friends
1981 Sesame Street[227]
1988 Good Night, Little Ones![228]
1991 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
1994 Mr. Dressup's 25th Anniversary
1994 Fred Rogers' Heroes[229]
1996 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman[230]
1997 Arthur[231]
1998 Wheel of Fortune[232]
2003 114th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade[233]

Published works

Children's books

  • Our Small World (with Josie Carey, illustrated by Norb Nathanson), 1954, Reed and Witting, OCLC 236163646
  • The Elves, the Shoemaker, & the Shoemaker's Wife (illustrated by Richard Hefter), 1973, Small World Enterprises, OCLC 969517
  • The Matter of the Mittens, 1973, Small World Enterprises, OCLC 983991
  • Speedy Delivery (illustrated by Richard Hefter), 1973, Hubbard, OCLC 11464480
  • Henrietta Meets Someone New (illustrated by Jason Art Studios), 1974, Golden Press, OCLC 950967676
  • Mister Rogers Talks About, 1974, Platt & Munk, OCLC 1093164
  • Time to Be Friends, 1974, Hallmark Cards, OCLC 1694547
  • Everyone is Special (illustrated by Jason Art Studios), 1975, Western Publishing, OCLC 61280957
  • Tell Me, Mister Rogers, 1975, Platt & Munk, OCLC 1525780
  • The Costume Party (illustrated by Jason Art Studios), 1976, Golden Press, OCLC 3357187
  • Planet Purple (illustrated by Dennis Hockerman), 1986, Texas Instruments, ISBN 978-0-89512-092-2
  • If We Were All the Same (illustrated by Pat Sustendal), 1987, Random House, OCLC 15083194
  • A Trolley Visit to Make-Believe (illustrated by Pat Sustendal), 1987, Random House, OCLC 17237650
  • Wishes Don't Make Things Come True (illustrated Pat Sustendal), 1987, Random House, OCLC 15196769
  • No One Can Ever Take Your Place (illustrated by Pat Sustendal), 1988, Random House, OCLC 990550735
  • When Monsters Seem Real (illustrated by Pat Sustendal), 1988, Random House, OCLC 762290817
  • You Can Never Go Down the Drain (illustrated by Pat Sustendal), 1988, Random House, ISBN 978-0-394-80430-9
  • The Giving Box (illustrated by Jennifer Herbert), 2000, Running Press, OCLC 45616325
  • Good Weather or Not (with Hedda Bluestone Sharapan, illustrated by James Mellet), 2005, Family Communications, OCLC 31597516
  • Josephine the Short Neck-Giraffe, 2006, Family Communications, OCLC 1048459379
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers Neighborhood (illustrated by Luke Flowers), 2009, Quirk Books, OCLC 1042097615
First Experiences series illustrated by Jim Judkis
  • Going to Day Care, 1985, Putnam, OCLC 11397421
  • The New Baby, 1985, Putnam, OCLC 11470082
  • Going to the Potty, 1986, Putnam, OCLC 1123224708
  • Going to the Doctor, 1986, Putnam, OCLC 12751383
  • Making Friends, 1987, Putnam, OCLC 1016110382
  • Moving, 1987, Putnam, OCLC 13526459
  • Going to the Hospital, 1988, Putnam, OCLC 16472458
  • When a Pet Dies, 1988, Putnam, OCLC 16130718
  • Going on an Airplane, 1989, Putnam, OCLC 18589040
  • Going to the Dentist, 1989, Putnam, OCLC 17954325
Let's Talk About It series
  • Going to the Hospital, 1977, Family Communications, OCLC 11287782
  • Having an Operation, 1977, Family Communications, OCLC 11394237
  • So Many Things To See!, 1977, Family Communications, OCLC 704507774
  • Wearing a Cast, 1977, Family Communications, OCLC 11287804
  • Adoption, 1993, Putnam, OCLC 608811678
  • Divorce, 1994, Putnam, OCLC 228437876
  • Extraordinary Friends, 2000, Putnam, OCLC 40838701
  • Stepfamilies, 2001, Putnam, OCLC 35192315

Songbooks

  • Tomorrow on the Children's Corner (with Josie Carey, illustrated by Mal Wittman), 1960, Vernon Music Corporation, OCLC 12316162
  • Mister Rogers' Songbook (with Johnny Costa, illustrated by Steven Kellogg), 1970, Random House, OCLC 34224058

Books for adults

  • Mister Rogers Talks to Parents, 1983, Family Communications, OCLC 704903806
  • Mister Rogers' Playbook (with Barry Head, illustrated by Jamie Adams), 1986, Berkley Books, OCLC 1016158916
  • Mister Rogers Talks with Families About Divorce (with Clare O'Brien), 1987, Berkley Books, OCLC 229152864
  • Mister Rogers' How Families Grow (with Barry Head and Jim Prokell), 1988, Berkley Books, OCLC 20133117
  • You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America's Most Beloved Neighbor, 1994, Penguin Books, OCLC 1007556599
  • Dear Mister Rogers, 1996, Penguin Books, OCLC 1084686063
  • Mister Rogers' Playtime, 2001, Running Press, OCLC 48118722
  • The Mister Rogers Parenting Book, 2002, Running Press, OCLC 50757046
  • You are special: Neighborly Wisdom from Mister Rogers, 2002, Running Press, OCLC 50402664
  • The World According to Mister Rogers, 2003, Hyperion Books, OCLC 52520625
  • Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers, 2005, Hyperion Books, OCLC 56686439
  • The Mister Rogers Parenting Resource Book, 2005, Courage Books, OCLC 60452524
  • Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom For Parents And Children, 2019, Hachette Books, OCLC 1082231639

Discography

  • Around the Children's Corner (with Josey Carey), 1958, Vernon Music Corporation, OCLC 12310040
  • Tomorrow on the Children's Corner (with Josie Carey), 1959[234]
  • King Friday XIII Celebrates, 1964[235]
  • Won't You Be My Neighbor?, 1967[236]
  • Let's Be Together Today, 1968[236]
  • Josephine the Short-Neck Giraffe, 1969[236]
  • You Are Special, 1969[236]
  • A Place of Our Own, 1970[236]
  • Come On and Wake Up, 1972[237]
  • Growing, 1992[229]
  • Bedtime, 1992[237]
  • Won't You Be My Neighbor? (cassette and book), 1994, Hal Leonard, OCLC 36965578
  • Coming and Going, 1997[238]
  • It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers, 2019, Omnivore Recordings, posthumous release[239]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ According to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood producer Hedda Sharapan, Rogers used television to communicate his message;[20] David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely on the Neighborhood, said, "Television was a vehicle for Fred, to reach children and families; it was sort of a necessary evil".[21]
  2. ^ See Wolfe, pp. 9–16, for a complete description of the structure of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
  3. ^ See American Rhetoric.com for the transcript of Rogers's testimony.[77]

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Works cited

  • Gross, Terry (1984). "Terry Gross and Fred Rogers". Fresh Air. NPR.
  • King, Maxwell (2018). The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers. Abrams Press. ISBN 978-1-68335-349-2.
  • Tiech, John (2012). Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City. Charleston, North Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-709-5.

External links

  • Fred Rogers at IMDb
  • Fred Rogers at Find a Grave
  • PBS Kids: Official Site
  • The Fred M. Rogers Center
  • The Fred Rogers Company (formerly known as Family Communications)
  • Fred Rogers at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
  • "It's a Beautiful 50th Birthday for 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'". Fresh Air. NPR. February 19, 2018. 1984 interview with Fred Rogers.
  • The Music of Mister Rogers—Pittsburgh Music History
  • Fred Rogers discography at Discogs
  • Fred Rogers at Voice Chasers November 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  • Appearances on C-SPAN

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Mister Rogers redirects here For the television series see Mister Rogers Neighborhood For the asteroid see 26858 Misterrogers For other people named Fred Rogers see Fred Rogers disambiguation Fred McFeely Rogers March 20 1928 February 27 2003 better known as Mister Rogers was an American television host author producer and Presbyterian minister 1 He was the creator showrunner and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers Neighborhood which ran from 1968 to 2001 The ReverendFred RogersRogers in 1982BornFred McFeely Rogers 1928 03 20 March 20 1928Latrobe Pennsylvania U S DiedFebruary 27 2003 2003 02 27 aged 74 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania U S Other namesMister RogersEducationDartmouth CollegeRollins College BM Pittsburgh Theological Seminary BDiv OccupationsChildren s television presenteractorpuppeteersingercomposertelevision producerauthoreducatorPresbyterian ministerYears active1951 2003SpouseJoanne Byrd m 1952 wbr Children2AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom 2002 Pennsylvania Historical MarkerOfficial nameFred McFeely Rogers 1928 2003 TypeRoadsideDesignatedJune 11 2016SignatureBorn in Latrobe Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh Rogers earned a bachelor s degree in music from Rollins College in 1951 He began his television career at NBC in New York returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children s programming at NET later PBS television station WQED He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor s degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963 He attended the University of Pittsburgh s Graduate School of Child Development where he began his 30 year collaboration with child psychologist Margaret McFarland He also helped develop the children s shows The Children s Corner 1955 for WQED in Pittsburgh and Misterogers 1963 in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation In 1968 he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his Canadian series to create Mister Rogers Neighborhood It ran for 33 years and was critically acclaimed for focusing on children s emotional and physical concerns such as death sibling rivalry school enrollment and divorce Rogers died of stomach cancer in 2003 aged 74 His work in children s television has been widely lauded and he received more than 40 honorary degrees and several awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997 He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999 Rogers influenced many writers and producers of children s television shows and his broadcasts provided comfort during tragic events even after his death Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early work 2 2 Mister Rogers Neighborhood 2 3 Other work and appearances 3 Personal life 4 Death and memorials 5 Legacy 5 1 Awards and honors 5 1 1 Museum exhibits 5 1 2 Art pieces 5 1 3 Honorary degrees 6 Filmography 6 1 Television 7 Published works 7 1 Children s books 7 2 Songbooks 7 3 Books for adults 8 Discography 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 Works cited 13 External linksEarly lifeRogers was born on March 20 1928 at 705 Main Street in Latrobe Pennsylvania about 40 miles 64 km outside of Pittsburgh 2 His father James Hillis Rogers was a very successful businessman 3 who was president of the McFeely Brick Company one of Latrobe s most prominent businesses His mother Nancy nee McFeely knitted sweaters for American soldiers from western Pennsylvania who were fighting in Europe and regularly volunteered at the Latrobe Hospital Initially dreaming of becoming a doctor she settled for a life of hospital volunteer work Her father Fred Brooks McFeely after whom Rogers was named was an entrepreneur 4 Rogers grew up in a large three story brick house at 737 Weldon Street in Latrobe 5 2 He had a sister Elaine whom the Rogerses adopted when he was 11 years old 5 Rogers spent much of his childhood alone playing with puppets and also spent time with his grandfather He began playing the piano when he was five 6 Through an ancestor who immigrated from Germany to the U S Johannes Meffert born 1732 Rogers is the sixth cousin of American actor Tom Hanks who portrays him in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019 7 Rogers had a difficult childhood Shy introverted and overweight he was frequently homebound after suffering bouts of asthma 3 He was bullied as a child for his weight and called Fat Freddy 8 According to Morgan Neville director of the 2018 documentary Won t You Be My Neighbor Rogers had a lonely childhood I think he made friends with himself as much as he could He had a ventriloquist dummy he had stuffed animals and he would create his own worlds in his childhood bedroom 8 Rogers in Rollins College s 1951 yearbook Rogers attended Latrobe High School where he overcame his shyness 9 It was tough for me at the beginning Rogers told NPR s Terry Gross in 1984 And then I made a couple friends who found out that the core of me was okay And one of them was the head of the football team 10 He became president of the student council a member of the National Honor Society and editor in chief of the school yearbook 9 He registered for the draft in Greensburg Pennsylvania in 1948 at age 20 where he was classified 1 A available for military service 11 However his status was changed to unqualified for military service following an Armed Forces physical on October 12 1950 11 He attended Dartmouth College for one year before transferring to Rollins College in Winter Park Florida 6 where he graduated magna cum laude 12 in 1951 with a Bachelor of Music 13 He graduated magna cum laude 14 from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1962 with a Bachelor of Divinity 13 and was ordained a minister by the Pittsburgh Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church in 1963 15 His mission as an ordained minister rather than a church pastor was to minister to children and their families through television He regularly appeared before church officials to maintain his ordination 16 CareerEarly work Rogers wanted to enter seminary after college 17 but instead chose to go into the nascent medium of television after encountering a TV at his parents home in 1951 during his senior year at Rollins College 18 In a CNN interview he said I went into television because I hated it so and I thought there s some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen 19 note 1 After graduating in 1951 he worked at NBC in New York City as floor director of Your Hit Parade The Kate Smith Hour and Gabby Hayes s children s show and as an assistant producer of The Voice of Firestone 22 23 24 Josie Carey and Rogers filming an Attic scene in The Children s Corner Over Carey s shoulder is Daniel S Striped Tiger and to the right of Rogers is King Friday XIII In 1953 Rogers returned to Pittsburgh to work as a program developer at public television station WQED Josie Carey worked with him to develop the children s show The Children s Corner which Carey hosted Rogers worked off camera to develop puppets characters and music for the show He used many puppet characters developed during this time such as Daniel the Striped Tiger named after WQED s station manager Dorothy Daniel who gave Rogers a tiger puppet before the show s premiere 25 King Friday XIII Queen Sara Saturday named after Rogers s wife 26 X the Owl Henrietta and Lady Elaine in his later work 27 28 Children s television entertainer Ernie Coombs was an assistant puppeteer 29 The Children s Corner won a Sylvania Award for best locally produced children s programming in 1955 and was broadcast nationally on NBC 30 31 32 While working on the show Rogers attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963 He also attended the University of Pittsburgh s Graduate School of Child Development 33 32 where he began working with child psychologist Margaret McFarland who according to Rogers s biographer Maxwell King became his key advisor and collaborator and child education guru 34 Much of Rogers s thinking about and appreciation for children was shaped and informed by McFarland 33 She was his consultant for most of Mister Rogers Neighborhood s scripts and songs for 30 years 34 In 1963 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC in Toronto contracted Rogers to develop and host the 15 minute black and white children s program Misterogers it lasted from 1963 to 1967 29 35 It was the first time Rogers appeared on camera CBC s children s programming head Fred Rainsberry insisted on it telling Rogers Fred I ve seen you talk with kids Let s put you yourself on the air 36 Coombs joined Rogers in Toronto as an assistant puppeteer 29 Rogers also worked with Coombs on the children s show Butternut Square from 1964 to 1967 He acquired the rights to Misterogers in 1967 and returned to Pittsburgh with his wife two young sons and the sets he developed despite a potentially promising career with CBC and no job prospects in Pittsburgh 37 38 On Rogers recommendation Coombs remained in Toronto and became Rogers Canadian equivalent of an iconic television personality creating the long running children s program Mr Dressup which ran from 1967 to 1996 39 Rogers s work for CBC helped shape and develop the concept and style of his later program for the Public Broadcasting Service PBS in the U S 40 Mister Rogers Neighborhood Rogers and Francois Clemmons having a foot bath in 1969 breaking a well known color barrier 41 Rogers changing shoes Main article Mister Rogers NeighborhoodMister Rogers Neighborhood also called the Neighborhood a half hour educational children s program starring Rogers began airing nationally in 1968 and ran for 895 episodes 42 It was videotaped at WQED in Pittsburgh and broadcast by National Educational Television NET which later became the Public Broadcasting Service PBS 43 44 Its first season had 180 black and white episodes Each subsequent season filmed in color and funded by PBS the Sears Roebuck Foundation and other charities consisted of 65 episodes 45 46 By the time it ended production in December 2000 its average rating was about 0 7 of television households or 680 000 homes and it aired on 384 PBS stations At its peak in 1985 1986 its ratings were 2 1 or 1 8 million homes 47 48 The last original episode aired in 2001 but PBS continued to air reruns and by 2016 it was the third longest running program in PBS history 46 49 Many of the sets and props in Mister Rogers Neighborhood like the trolley the sneakers and the castle were created for Rogers s show in Toronto by CBC designers and producers The program also incorporated most of the highly imaginative elements that later became famous 50 such as its slow pace and its host s quiet manner 51 50 The format of Mister Rogers Neighborhood remained virtually unchanged for the entire run of the program 52 Every episode begins with a camera s eye view of a model of a neighborhood then panning in closer to a representation of a house while a piano instrumental of the theme song Won t You be My Neighbor performed by music director Johnny Costa and inspired by a Beethoven sonata is played 53 The camera zooms in to a model representing Mr Rogers s house then cuts to the house s interior and pans across the room to the front door which Rogers opens as he sings the theme song to greet his visitors while changing his suit jacket to a cardigan knitted by his mother 54 and his dress shoes to sneakers complete with a shoe tossed from one hand to another 55 The episode s theme is introduced and Mr Rogers leaves his home to visit another location the camera panning back to the neighborhood model and zooming in to the new location as he enters it Once this segment ends Mr Rogers leaves and returns to his home indicating that it is time to visit the Neighborhood of Make Believe Mr Rogers proceeds to the window seat by the trolley track and sets up the action there as the Trolley comes out The camera follows it down a tunnel in the back wall of the house as it enters the Neighborhood of Make Believe The stories and lessons take place over a week s worth of episodes and involve puppets and human characters The end of the visit occurs when the Trolley returns to the same tunnel from which it emerged reappearing in Mr Rogers s home He then talks to the viewers before concluding the episode He often feeds his fish cleans up any props he has used and returns to the front room where he sings the closing song while changing back into his dress shoes and jacket He exits the front door as he ends the song and the camera zooms out of his home and pans across the neighborhood model as the episode ends note 2 Mister Rogers Neighborhood emphasized young children s social and emotional needs and unlike another PBS show Sesame Street which premiered in 1969 did not focus on cognitive learning 56 Writer Kathy Merlock Jackson said While both shows target the same preschool audience and prepare children for kindergarten Sesame Street concentrates on school readiness skills while Mister Rogers Neighborhood focuses on the child s developing psyche and feelings and sense of moral and ethical reasoning 57 The Neighborhood also spent fewer resources on research than Sesame Street but Rogers used early childhood education concepts taught by his mentor Margaret McFarland Benjamin Spock Erik Erikson and T Berry Brazelton in his lessons 58 As the Washington Post noted Rogers taught young children about civility tolerance sharing and self worth in a reassuring tone and leisurely cadence 59 He tackled difficult topics such as the death of a family pet sibling rivalry the addition of a newborn into a family moving and enrolling in a new school and divorce 59 For example he wrote a special segment that dealt with the assassination of Robert F Kennedy that aired on June 7 1968 days after the assassination occurred 60 According to King the process of putting each episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood together was painstaking 61 and Rogers s contribution to the program was astounding Rogers wrote and edited all the episodes played the piano and sang for most of the songs wrote 200 songs and 13 operas created all the characters both puppet and human played most of the significant puppet roles hosted every episode and produced and approved every detail of the program 62 The puppets created for the Neighborhood of Make Believe included an extraordinary variety of personalities 63 They were simple puppets but complex complicated and utterly honest beings 64 In 1971 Rogers formed Family Communications Inc FCI now The Fred Rogers Company to produce the Neighborhood other programs and non broadcast materials 65 66 In 1975 Rogers stopped producing Mr Rogers Neighborhood to focus on adult programming Reruns of the Neighborhood continued to air on PBS 67 King reports that the decision caught many of his coworkers and supporters off guard 68 Rogers continued to confer with McFarland about child development and early childhood education however 69 In 1979 after an almost five year hiatus Rogers returned to producing the Neighborhood King calls the new version stronger and more sophisticated than ever 70 King writes that by the program s second run in the 1980s it was such a cultural touchstone that it had inspired numerous parodies 20 most notably Eddie Murphy s parody on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s 20 Rogers retired from producing the Neighborhood in 2001 at age 73 although reruns continued to air He and FCI had been making about two or three weeks of new programs per year for many years filling the rest of his time slots from a library of about 300 shows made since 1979 48 The final original episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood aired on August 31 2001 71 Other work and appearances source source source source source source source source source source track Rogers testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications chaired by John Pastore on May 1 1969 As part of his testimony he recites the lyrics to What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel In 1969 Rogers testified before the U S Senate Subcommittee on Communications which was chaired by Democratic Senator John Pastore of Rhode Island U S President Lyndon Johnson had proposed a 20 million bill for the creation of PBS before he left office but his successor Richard Nixon wanted to cut the funding to 10 million 72 Even though Rogers was not yet nationally known he was chosen to testify because of his ability to make persuasive arguments and to connect emotionally with his audience The clip of Rogers s testimony which was televised and has since been viewed by millions of people on the internet helped to secure funding for PBS for many years afterward 73 74 According to King Rogers s testimony was considered one of the most powerful pieces of testimony ever offered before Congress and one of the most powerful pieces of video presentation ever filmed 75 It brought Pastore to tears and also according to King has been studied by public relations experts and academics 75 Congressional funding for PBS increased from 9 million to 22 million 72 In 1970 Nixon appointed Rogers as chair of the White House Conference on Children and Youth 76 note 3 In 1978 while on hiatus from Mister Rogers Neighborhood Rogers wrote produced and hosted a 30 minute interview program for adults on PBS called Old Friends New Friends 78 79 It lasted 20 episodes Rogers s guests included Hoagy Carmichael Helen Hayes Milton Berle Lorin Hollander poet Robert Frost s daughter Lesley and Willie Stargell 78 80 In September 1987 Rogers visited Moscow to appear as the first guest on the long running Soviet children s TV show Good Night Little Ones with host Tatiana Vedeneyeva 81 The appearance was broadcast in the Soviet Union on December 7 coinciding with the Washington Summit meeting between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and U S President Ronald Reagan in Washington D C 82 Vedeneyeva visited the set of Mister Rogers Neighborhood in November Her visit was taped and later aired in March 1988 as part of Rogers s program 83 In 1994 Rogers wrote produced and hosted a special for PBS called Fred Rogers Heroes which featured interviews and portraits of four people from across the country who were having a positive impact on children and education 84 85 The first time Rogers appeared on television as an actor and not himself was in a 1996 episode of Dr Quinn Medicine Woman playing a preacher 6 Rogers gave scores of interviews 86 Though reluctant to appear on television talk shows he would usually charm the host with his quick wit and ability to ad lib on a moment s notice 87 Rogers was one of the country s most sought after commencement speakers 88 making over 150 speeches 86 His friend and colleague David Newell reported that Rogers would agonize over a speech 89 and King reported that Rogers was at his least guarded during his speeches which were about children television education his view of the world how to make the world a better place and his quest for self knowledge His tone was quiet and informal but commanded attention 86 In many speeches including the ones he made accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997 90 for his induction into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999 88 and his final commencement speech at Dartmouth College in 2002 he instructed his audiences to remain silent and think for a moment about someone who had a good influence on them 91 Personal life Rogers and wife Joanne Byrd 1975 Rogers met Sara Joanne Byrd called Joanne from Jacksonville Florida while attending Rollins College They were married from 1952 until he died in 2003 They had two sons James and John 92 93 Joanne Rogers fr was an accomplished pianist 94 who like Fred earned a Bachelor of Music from Rollins and went on to earn a Master of Music from Florida State University She performed publicly with her college classmate Jeannine Morrison from 1976 to 2008 94 95 According to biographer Maxwell King Rogers s close associates said he was absolutely faithful to his marriage vows 96 97 Rogers was red green color blind 90 98 He became a pescatarian in 1970 after the death of his father and a vegetarian in the early 1980s 99 saying he couldn t eat anything that had a mother 100 He became a co owner of Vegetarian Times in the mid 1980s 100 and said in one issue I love tofu burgers and beets 101 He told Vegetarian Times that he became a vegetarian for both ethical and health reasons 101 According to his biographer Maxwell King Rogers also signed his name to a statement protesting wearing animal furs 100 Rogers was a registered Republican but according to Joanne Rogers he was very independent in the way he voted choosing not to talk about politics because he wanted to be impartial 102 Rogers was a Presbyterian and many of the messages he expressed in Mister Rogers Neighborhood were inspired by the core tenets of Christianity Rogers rarely spoke about his faith on air he believed that teaching through example was as powerful as preaching He said You don t need to speak overtly about religion in order to get a message across According to writer Shea Tuttle Rogers considered his faith a fundamental part of his personality and called the space between the viewer and the television set holy ground He also studied Catholic mysticism Judaism Buddhism and other faiths and cultures 100 103 King called him that unique television star with a real spiritual life 103 emphasizing the values of patience reflection and silence in a noisy world 100 King reported that despite Rogers s family s wealth he cared little about making money and lived frugally especially as he and his wife grew older 104 105 King reported that Rogers s relationship with his young audience was important to him For example since hosting Misterogers in Canada he answered every letter sent to him by hand After Mister Rogers Neighborhood began airing in the U S the letters increased in volume and he hired staff member and producer Hedda Sharapan to answer them but he read edited and signed each one King wrote that Rogers saw responding to his viewers letters as a pastoral duty of sorts 106 The New York Times called Rogers a dedicated lap swimmer 88 and Tom Junod author of Can You Say Hero the 1998 Esquire profile of Rogers said Nearly every morning of his life Mister Rogers has gone swimming 90 Rogers began swimming when he was a child at his family s vacation home outside Latrobe where they owned a pool and during their winter trips to Florida King wrote that swimming and playing the piano were lifelong passions and that both gave him a chance to feel capable and in charge of his destiny 107 and that swimming became an important part of the strong sense of self discipline he cultivated Rogers swam daily at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association after waking every morning between 4 30 and 5 30 A M to pray and to read the Bible and prepare himself for the day 108 He did not smoke or drink 88 According to Junod he did nothing to change his weight from the 143 pounds 65 kg he weighed for most of his adult life by 1998 this also included napping daily going to bed at 9 30 P M and sleeping eight hours per night without interruption Junod said Rogers saw his weight as a destiny fulfilled telling Junod the number 143 means I love you It takes one letter to say I and four letters to say love and three letters to say you 90 Death and memorialsAfter Rogers retirement in 2001 he remained busy working with FCI studying religion and spirituality making public appearances traveling and working on a children s media center named after him at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe with Archabbot Douglas Nowicki chancellor of the college 109 By the summer of 2002 his chronic stomach pain became severe enough for him to see a doctor about it and in October 2002 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer 110 He delayed treatment until after he served as Grand Marshal of the 2003 Rose Parade with Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby in January 111 On January 6 Rogers underwent stomach surgery He died less than two months later on February 27 2003 112 113 at his home in Pittsburgh with his wife of 50 years Joanne at his side While comatose shortly before his death he received the last rites of the Catholic Church from Archabbot Nowicki 114 113 6 The following day the Pittsburgh Post Gazette covered Rogers death on the front page and dedicated an entire section to his death and impact 113 The newspaper also reported that by noon the internet was already full of appreciative pieces by parents viewers producers and writers 115 Rogers death was widely lamented Most U S metropolitan newspapers ran his obituary on their front page and some dedicated entire sections to coverage of his death 116 WQED aired programs about Rogers the evening he died the Post Gazette reported that the ratings for their coverage were three times higher than their normal ratings 116 That same evening Nightline on ABC broadcast a rerun of a recent interview with Rogers the program got the highest ratings of the day beating the February average ratings of Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 116 On March 4 the U S House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honoring Rogers sponsored by Representative Mike Doyle from Pennsylvania 117 On March 1 2003 a private funeral was held for Rogers in Unity Chapel which was restored by Rogers father at Unity Cemetery in Latrobe About 80 relatives co workers and close friends attended the service which was planned in great secrecy so that those closest to him could grieve in private 118 Reverend John McCall pastor of the Rogers family s church Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill gave the homily Reverend William Barker a retired Presbyterian minister who was a close friend of Mr Rogers and the voice of Mr Platypus on his show 118 read Rogers favorite Bible passages Rogers was interred at Unity Cemetery in Latrobe Pennsylvania in a mausoleum owned by his mother s family 118 119 On May 3 2003 a public memorial was held at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh According to the Post Gazette 2 700 people attended Violinist Itzhak Perlman cellist Yo Yo Ma via video and organist Alan Morrison performed in honor of Rogers Barker officiated the service also in attendance were Pittsburgh philanthropist Elsie Hillman former Good Morning America host David Hartman The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle and Arthur creator Marc Brown Businesswoman and philanthropist Teresa Heinz PBS President Pat Mitchell and executive director of The Pittsburgh Project Saleem Ghubril gave remarks 120 Jeff Erlanger who at age 10 appeared on Mister Rogers Neighborhood in 1981 to explain his electric wheelchair also spoke 121 The memorial was broadcast several times on Pittsburgh television stations and websites throughout the day 122 LegacyWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news my mother would say to me Look for the helpers You will always find people who are helping To this day especially in times of disaster I remember my mother s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers so many caring people in this world Fred Rogers 123 Whenever a great tragedy strikes war famine mass shootings or even an outbreak of populist rage millions of people turn to Fred s messages about life Then the web is filled with his words and images With fascinating frequency his written messages and video clips surge across the internet reaching hundreds of thousands of people who confronted with a tough issue or ominous development open themselves to Rogers messages of quiet contemplation of simplicity of active listening and the practice of human kindness Rogers biographer Maxwell King 124 Marc Brown creator of another PBS children s show Arthur considered Rogers both a friend and a terrific role model for how to use television and the media to be helpful to kids and families 125 Josh Selig creator of Wonder Pets credits Rogers with influencing his use of structure and predictability and his use of music opera and originality 126 Rogers inspired Angela Santomero co creator of the children s television show Blue s Clues to earn a degree in developmental psychology and go into educational television 127 She and the other producers of Blue s Clues used many of Rogers s techniques such as using child developmental and educational research and having the host speak directly to the camera and transition to a make believe world 128 In 2006 three years after Rogers s death and the end of production of Blue s Clues the Fred Rogers Company contacted Santomero to create a show that would promote Rogers s legacy 127 In 2012 Daniel Tiger s Neighborhood with characters from and based upon Mister Rogers Neighborhood premiered on PBS 129 Rogers s style and approach to children s television and early childhood education also begged to be parodied 130 Comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Mister Rogers Neighborhood on Saturday Night Live during the 1980s 20 131 Rogers told interviewer David Letterman in 1982 that he believed parodies like Murphy s were done with kindness in their hearts 132 Video of Rogers s 1969 testimony in defense of public programming has experienced a resurgence since 2012 going viral at least twice It first resurfaced after then presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested cutting funding for PBS 133 134 In 2017 video of the testimony again went viral after President Donald Trump proposed defunding several arts related government programs including PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts 133 135 A roadside Pennsylvania Historical Marker dedicated to Rogers to be installed in Latrobe was approved 136 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission on March 4 2014 137 It was installed on June 11 2016 with the title Fred McFeely Rogers 1928 2003 138 Won t You Be My Neighbor director Morgan Neville s 2018 documentary about Rogers s life grossed over 22 million and became the top grossing biographical documentary ever produced the highest grossing documentary in five years and the 12th largest grossing documentary ever made 139 140 The 2019 drama film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood tells the story of Rogers and his television series with Tom Hanks portraying Rogers According to Caitlin Gibson of The Washington Post Rogers became a source for parenting advice she called him a timeless oracle against a backdrop of ever shifting parenting philosophies and cultural trends 139 Robert Thompson of Syracuse University noted that Rogers took American childhood and I think Americans in general through some very turbulent and trying times 131 from the Vietnam War and the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 to the 9 11 attacks in 2001 According to Asia Simone Burns of National Public Radio in the years following the end of production on Mister Rogers Neighborhood in 2001 and his death in 2003 Rogers became a source of comfort sometimes in the wake of tragedy 131 Burns has said Rogers s words of comfort began circulating on social media 131 following tragedies such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 the Manchester Arena bombing in Manchester England in 2017 and the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland Florida in 2018 Awards and honors Year Honor Notes Ref 1970 Outstanding Rollins Alumnus of 1970 Given by Rollins College 141 1975 Ralph Lowell Award Given by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in recognition of outstanding contributions and achievements to public television 142 1977 Myrtle Wreath Award Awarded for outstanding contributions to the community 143 1977 Other s Award Given at the 13th Annual Civic Luncheon of the Salvation Army Association of Greater Pittsburgh Awarded for humanitarianism 144 145 1978 Distinguished Alumnus Award Given by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 146 1978 1977 78 Lay Leader Award Given by the Three Rivers Chapter University of Pittsburgh Phi Delta Kappa fraternity 147 1978 Gabriel awardee Given by the Catholic Broadcasting Association 148 1981 Distinguished Communications Recognition Award Awarded at the 12th national Abe Lincoln Awards banquet for his work in children s television 149 1982 Media Arts Award Given as part of the third annual Governor s Day Awards in the Arts 150 1986 CINE Golden Eagle Award Awarded for Rogers s educational special for children Let s Talk About Going to the Doctor 151 1987 CINE Golden Eagle Award Awarded for Rogers s educational special for children Mister Rogers Talks With Children About Saying Goodbye to Friends 151 1987 Honorary member Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity for male musicians who have adopted music as a career 152 1988 Immaculata Medal Given by Immaculata College It is the college s highest honor 153 154 1989 1989 Man of the Year Named by the Vectors Pittsburgh 155 1990 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement Given by the Pennsylvania Society which recognizes Pennsylvanians who made significant contributions to the Commonwealth The Society donated 25 000 to the McFarland Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation named after Margaret McFarland in Rogers s honor 156 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins Celebrity Captain Part of the National Hockey League NHL s 75th anniversary Rogers was one of 12 celebrity captains to be selected for the 1992 Pro Set Platinum collection 157 158 1991 Rollins College Walk of Fame Honored by Rollins College 141 1992 Comenius Medallion Given by Moravian College along with an honorary degree It is the college s highest honor 159 1992 Peabody Award Awarded in recognition of 25 years of beautiful days in the neighborhood 160 161 1994 President s Distinguished Service Medal Given by Colgate Rochester Divinity School Rogers spoke at the commencement of the school s Bexley Hall Crozer Theological Seminary on the date of receipt The award is the school s equivalent of an honorary degree 162 163 1995 National Patron Delta Omicron Awarded by the international professional music fraternity to musicians who have attained a national reputation in his or her field 164 165 1995 Joseph F Mulach Jr Award Presented by the Vocational Rehabilitation Center board of directors in Pittsburgh The award is given to a person who made major improvements to the quality of life of the disabled 166 1997 Lifetime Achievement Emmy Awarded for giving generation upon generation of children confidence in themselves for being their friend for telling them again and again and again that they are special and that they have worth 167 88 1997 Television Critics Association Career Achievement Awarded for Rogers s longevity and influence 168 169 1998 Hollywood Walk of Fame star Located at 6600 Hollywood Blvd 170 1999 Television Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Erlanger appeared as a surprise guest during the ceremony 171 1999 Pennsylvania Founder s Award The award was created in 1997 to recognize a Pennsylvanian who has made major contributions to their state Governor Tom Ridge presented the award 172 2000 Presidential Medal of Honor Presented by St Vincent College Rogers was a guest speaker for the college s 154th commencement on the date of receipt 173 2001 Fred Rogers Award Presented by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Rogers was the first recipient of this award 174 2002 Elsie Award Awarded for community service 175 2002 Presidential Medal of Freedom The highest American civilian honor awarded by President George W Bush 176 177 2002 Common Wealth Award Given by PNC Financial Services celebrating the best of human achievement 178 2003 International Astronomical Union asteroid designation Asteroid 26858 Misterrogers named in Rogers s honor discovered by Eleanor Helin in 1993 179 180 2006 Television Hall of Fame inductee Awarded by the Online Film amp Television Association In 2010 Mister Rogers Neighborhood was inducted into the Hall of Fame 181 182 2008 Sweater Day Tribute to Rogers on what would have been his 80th birthday March 20 by FCI People worldwide were encouraged to wear a sweater honoring Rogers s legacy and the final event in a six day celebration in Pittsburgh 183 184 2015 Sweater drive Rogers honored by the Altoona Curve a Double A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates The team wore commemorative jerseys that featured a printed facsimile of Rogers s cardigan and tie ensemble which were then auctioned off with the proceeds going to the local PBS station WPSU TV 185 2018 First class Forever postage stamp issued by the U S Postal Service Dedicated on March 23 at WQED 186 187 2018 Google Doodle In honor of the 51st anniversary of the premiere of Mister Rogers Neighborhood September 21 Created in collaboration with Fred Rogers Productions The Fred Rogers Center and BixPix Entertainment 188 189 2019 Unforgettable Nonfiction Subject of 2018 Awarded by Cinema Eye Honors for being a notable and significant nonfiction film subject in Won t You Be My Neighbor 190 2021 Grammy Award Awarded posthumously by The Recording Academy for Best Historical Album for It s Such a Good Feeling The Best of Mister Rogers Fred Rogers and Michael Graves mastering engineers Lee Lodyga and Cheryl Pawelski compilation producers 191 Memorial statue in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania created by Robert Berks opened to the public on November 5 2009 Rogers being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W Bush in the East Room of the White House on July 9 2002 Museum exhibits Smithsonian Institution permanent collection In 1984 Rogers donated one of his sweaters to the Smithsonian 24 192 Children s Museum of Pittsburgh Exhibit created by Rogers and FCI in 1998 It attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors over ten years It included from Mister Rogers Neighborhood one of his sweaters a pair of his sneakers original puppets from the program and photographs of Rogers The exhibit traveled to children s museums throughout the country for eight years until it was given to the Louisiana Children s Museum in New Orleans as a permanent exhibit to help them recover from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 In 2007 the Children s Museum of Pittsburgh created a traveling exhibit based on the factory tours featured in episodes of Mister Rogers Neighborhood 193 194 195 Heinz History Center permanent collection 2018 In honor of the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers Neighborhood and what would have been Rogers s 90th birthday 196 Exhibits include the iconic King Friday s blue castle the Owl s tree and a tricycle ridden by courier Mr McFeely 197 Louisiana Children s Museum The museum contains an exhibit of Mister Rogers Neighborhood which debuted in 2007 The Children s Museum of Pittsburgh donated the exhibit 193 Fred Rogers Exhibit The Exhibit displays the life career and legacy of Rogers and includes photos artifacts from Mister Rogers Neighborhood and clips of the program and interviews featuring Rogers It is located at the Fred Rogers Center 198 Art pieces Several pieces of art are dedicated to Rogers throughout Pittsburgh including a 7 000 pound 11 foot high bronze statue of him in the North Shore neighborhood In the Oakland neighborhood his portrait is included in the Martin Luther King Jr and Interpretations of Oakland murals A dinosaur statue titled Fredasaurus Rex Friday XIII originally stood in front of the WQED building and as of 2014 stood in front of the building containing the Fred Rogers Company offices There is a Mister Rogers Neighborhood of Make Believe in Idlewild Park and a kiosk of Mister Rogers Neighborhood artifacts at Pittsburgh International Airport 199 The Carnegie Science Center s Miniature Railroad and Village debuted a miniature recreation of Rogers s house from Mister Rogers Neighborhood in 2005 200 Honorary degrees source Rogers giving a commencement speech at Middlebury College in 2001 Rogers has received honorary degrees from over 43 colleges and universities After 1973 two commemorative quilts created by two of Rogers s friends and archived at the Fred Rogers Center at St Vincent College in Latrobe were made out of the academic hoods he received during the graduation ceremonies 201 202 Note Much of the below list is taken from Honorary Degrees Awarded to Fred Rogers 146 unless otherwise stated This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2019 Thiel College 1969 Thiel also awards a yearly scholarship named for Rogers 201 Eastern Michigan University 1973 Saint Vincent College 1973 Christian Theological Seminary 1973 Rollins College 1974 Yale University 1974 Chatham College 1975 203 Carnegie Mellon University 1976 Lafayette College 1977 Waynesburg College 1978 Linfield College 1982 Slippery Rock State College 1982 Duquesne University 1982 Washington amp Jefferson College 1984 University of South Carolina 1985 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1985 Drury College 1986 204 MacMurray College 1986 205 Bowling Green State University 1987 206 Westminster College Pennsylvania 1987 207 University of Indianapolis 1988 208 University of Connecticut 1991 209 Boston University 1992 210 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1992 211 Moravian College 1992 212 Goucher College 1993 213 University of Pittsburgh 1993 214 West Virginia University 1995 215 North Carolina State University 1996 216 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 1998 217 Marist College 1999 218 Westminster Choir College 1999 219 Old Dominion University 2000 220 Marquette University 2001 221 Middlebury College 2001 222 Dartmouth College 2002 202 Seton Hill University 2003 posthumous 223 Union College 2003 posthumous 224 Roanoke College 2003 posthumous 202 FilmographyTelevision Year Title1954 1961 The Children s Corner 225 1963 1966 Misterogers 37 1964 1967 Butternut Square 37 1968 2001 Mister Rogers Neighborhood 37 1977 1982 Christmastime with Mister Rogers 226 1978 1980 Old Friends New Friends1981 Sesame Street 227 1988 Good Night Little Ones 228 1991 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego 1994 Mr Dressup s 25th Anniversary1994 Fred Rogers Heroes 229 1996 Dr Quinn Medicine Woman 230 1997 Arthur 231 1998 Wheel of Fortune 232 2003 114th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade 233 Published worksChildren s books Our Small World with Josie Carey illustrated by Norb Nathanson 1954 Reed and Witting OCLC 236163646 The Elves the Shoemaker amp the Shoemaker s Wife illustrated by Richard Hefter 1973 Small World Enterprises OCLC 969517 The Matter of the Mittens 1973 Small World Enterprises OCLC 983991 Speedy Delivery illustrated by Richard Hefter 1973 Hubbard OCLC 11464480 Henrietta Meets Someone New illustrated by Jason Art Studios 1974 Golden Press OCLC 950967676 Mister Rogers Talks About 1974 Platt amp Munk OCLC 1093164 Time to Be Friends 1974 Hallmark Cards OCLC 1694547 Everyone is Special illustrated by Jason Art Studios 1975 Western Publishing OCLC 61280957 Tell Me Mister Rogers 1975 Platt amp Munk OCLC 1525780 The Costume Party illustrated by Jason Art Studios 1976 Golden Press OCLC 3357187 Planet Purple illustrated by Dennis Hockerman 1986 Texas Instruments ISBN 978 0 89512 092 2 If We Were All the Same illustrated by Pat Sustendal 1987 Random House OCLC 15083194 A Trolley Visit to Make Believe illustrated by Pat Sustendal 1987 Random House OCLC 17237650 Wishes Don t Make Things Come True illustrated Pat Sustendal 1987 Random House OCLC 15196769 No One Can Ever Take Your Place illustrated by Pat Sustendal 1988 Random House OCLC 990550735 When Monsters Seem Real illustrated by Pat Sustendal 1988 Random House OCLC 762290817 You Can Never Go Down the Drain illustrated by Pat Sustendal 1988 Random House ISBN 978 0 394 80430 9 The Giving Box illustrated by Jennifer Herbert 2000 Running Press OCLC 45616325 Good Weather or Not with Hedda Bluestone Sharapan illustrated by James Mellet 2005 Family Communications OCLC 31597516 Josephine the Short Neck Giraffe 2006 Family Communications OCLC 1048459379 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood The Poetry of Mister Rogers Neighborhood illustrated by Luke Flowers 2009 Quirk Books OCLC 1042097615First Experiences series illustrated by Jim JudkisGoing to Day Care 1985 Putnam OCLC 11397421 The New Baby 1985 Putnam OCLC 11470082 Going to the Potty 1986 Putnam OCLC 1123224708 Going to the Doctor 1986 Putnam OCLC 12751383 Making Friends 1987 Putnam OCLC 1016110382 Moving 1987 Putnam OCLC 13526459 Going to the Hospital 1988 Putnam OCLC 16472458 When a Pet Dies 1988 Putnam OCLC 16130718 Going on an Airplane 1989 Putnam OCLC 18589040 Going to the Dentist 1989 Putnam OCLC 17954325Let s Talk About It seriesGoing to the Hospital 1977 Family Communications OCLC 11287782 Having an Operation 1977 Family Communications OCLC 11394237 So Many Things To See 1977 Family Communications OCLC 704507774 Wearing a Cast 1977 Family Communications OCLC 11287804 Adoption 1993 Putnam OCLC 608811678 Divorce 1994 Putnam OCLC 228437876 Extraordinary Friends 2000 Putnam OCLC 40838701 Stepfamilies 2001 Putnam OCLC 35192315Songbooks Tomorrow on the Children s Corner with Josie Carey illustrated by Mal Wittman 1960 Vernon Music Corporation OCLC 12316162 Mister Rogers Songbook with Johnny Costa illustrated by Steven Kellogg 1970 Random House OCLC 34224058Books for adults Mister Rogers Talks to Parents 1983 Family Communications OCLC 704903806 Mister Rogers Playbook with Barry Head illustrated by Jamie Adams 1986 Berkley Books OCLC 1016158916 Mister Rogers Talks with Families About Divorce with Clare O Brien 1987 Berkley Books OCLC 229152864 Mister Rogers How Families Grow with Barry Head and Jim Prokell 1988 Berkley Books OCLC 20133117 You Are Special Words of Wisdom from America s Most Beloved Neighbor 1994 Penguin Books OCLC 1007556599 Dear Mister Rogers 1996 Penguin Books OCLC 1084686063 Mister Rogers Playtime 2001 Running Press OCLC 48118722 The Mister Rogers Parenting Book 2002 Running Press OCLC 50757046 You are special Neighborly Wisdom from Mister Rogers 2002 Running Press OCLC 50402664 The World According to Mister Rogers 2003 Hyperion Books OCLC 52520625 Life s Journeys According to Mister Rogers 2005 Hyperion Books OCLC 56686439 The Mister Rogers Parenting Resource Book 2005 Courage Books OCLC 60452524 Many Ways to Say I Love You Wisdom For Parents And Children 2019 Hachette Books OCLC 1082231639DiscographyAround the Children s Corner with Josey Carey 1958 Vernon Music Corporation OCLC 12310040 Tomorrow on the Children s Corner with Josie Carey 1959 234 King Friday XIII Celebrates 1964 235 Won t You Be My Neighbor 1967 236 Let s Be Together Today 1968 236 Josephine the Short Neck Giraffe 1969 236 You Are Special 1969 236 A Place of Our Own 1970 236 Come On and Wake Up 1972 237 Growing 1992 229 Bedtime 1992 237 Won t You Be My Neighbor cassette and book 1994 Hal Leonard OCLC 36965578 Coming and Going 1997 238 It s Such A Good Feeling The Best Of Mister Rogers 2019 Omnivore Recordings posthumous release 239 See alsoWon t You Be My Neighbor 2018 documentary Mister Rogers It s You I Like 2018 documentary A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019 biographical drama film List of vegetariansNotes According to Mister Rogers Neighborhood producer Hedda Sharapan Rogers used television to communicate his message 20 David Newell who played Mr McFeely on the Neighborhood said Television was a vehicle for Fred to reach children and families it was sort of a necessary evil 21 See Wolfe pp 9 16 for a complete description of the structure of Mister Rogers Neighborhood See American Rhetoric com for the transcript of Rogers s testimony 77 References Fred Rogers Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc March 16 2020 Archived from the original on July 19 2020 Retrieved July 19 2020 a b Harpaz Beth J July 18 2018 Mister Rogers Won t you be my neighbor fans can check out Fred Rogers Trail Burlington Free Press Associated Press Retrieved November 1 2018 a b Early Life Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning amp Children s Media Retrieved October 30 2018 Woo Elaine February 28 2003 It s a Sad Day in This Neighborhood Los Angeles Times 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