Editing Bob Iger (section)

==Early life and education==
Robert Alan Iger was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in New York City.<ref name="CorpProfile" /><ref name=encyclopediaoftelevision>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&q=bob+iger+born+%22new+York%22&pg=PA1168 | title=Encyclopedia of Television |year= 2004| editor-first=Horace | editor-last=Newcomb| publisher=[[Routledge]]| edition=2nd| isbn= 978-1579583941| page=1168}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/02/05/bob-iger-talks-live-streaming-for-disneys-channels/ |work=[[Jewish Business News]]|title=Bob Iger Talks Live Streaming for Disney's Channels|date=February 5, 2015| archive-date= August 6, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160806050245/http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/02/05/bob-iger-talks-live-streaming-for-disneys-channels/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Shtetl>{{cite book|url=http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=purduepress_previews|first=Vincent|last=Brook|title=From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood: Chapter 1: Still an Empire of Their Own: How Jews Remain Atop a Reinvented Hollywood|pages=15 |publisher=Purdue University Press|date=December 15, 2016|isbn=9781557537638}}</ref> He is the oldest son of Miriam "Mimi" (née Tunick) (1927–2013) and Arthur L. Iger (1926–2010).<ref name=NewsdayObitdad>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?pid=143108000 |publisher=(Death notice) [[Newsday]]| location = New York City / Long Island | title=Arthur L. Iger |date=May 25, 2010|access-date=March 3, 2017| archive-date= June 10, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160610094105/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?pid=143108000| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NewsdayObitmom>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=miriam-a-iger&pid=163643421 |publisher=(Death notice) Newsday | location = New York City / Long Island |title= Miriam A. Iger|date=March 13, 2013| archive-date= September 10, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160910175402/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=miriam-a-iger&pid=163643421| url-status=live}}</ref> His father was a [[World War II]] Navy veteran<ref name="nyt-dowd-2019">{{cite web |last1=Dowd |first1=Maureen |title=The Slow-Burning Success of Disney's Bob Iger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/style/disney-bob-iger-book.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 22, 2019 |date=September 22, 2019}}</ref> who was the executive vice president and general manager of the Greenvale Marketing Corporation, and was also a professor of advertising and public relations.<ref>[[Robert Iger]], interviewed by [[Christiane Amanpour]] on [[PBS]]'s ''[[Amanpour & Co.]]'', September 30, 2019, re-aired November 30, 2019.</ref><ref name=NewsdayObitdad/><ref name="nyt-dowd-2019"/> His mother worked at Boardman Junior High School in [[Oceanside, New York]].<ref>{{cite news | title = NYT Notices, Willow Bay and Robert Iger | publisher = NYT | year = 2008 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E2D81239F93BA35753C1A963958260}}</ref><ref name=Avodah>[http://www.avodah.org/aboutus/ Temple Avodah website: "Famous members – Robert Iger, President & CEO, Disney Corporation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031100523/http://www.avodah.org/aboutus/ |date=October 31, 2012 }} retrieved October 11, 2012</ref> Arthur's father Joe (i.e. Bob's paternal grandfather) was [[cartoonist]] [[Jerry Iger]]'s brother.<ref name=bob351/>

He was raised in Oceanside, where he attended the Fulton Avenue School and graduated from [[Oceanside High School (New York)|Oceanside High School]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Here's what 13 successful CEOs looked like in high school {{!}} Financial Post |url=http://business.financialpost.com/business-insider/heres-what-13-successful-ceos-looked-like-in-high-school?__lsa=78df-590d |website=Business Insider |language=en-CA |date=December 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name=newsday2013>{{cite news| url=http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/family/disney-ceo-robert-iger-helps-his-li-elementary-school-get-playground-1.5620918| title=Disney CEO Robert Iger helps his LI elementary school get playground| work =[[Newsday]] | date=July 23, 2013 |first= Beth |last=Whitehouse|access-date= April 16, 2015}}</ref> In 1973, he graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from the School of Communications at [[Ithaca College]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in Television and Radio.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ithaca College Alumnus Bob Iger Named Marketwatch CEO of the Year | publisher = Ithaca College| year = 2006 | url = http://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/depts/tvr/news/334/}}</ref>