Facts:   - known for: chair and ceo of tvontario    - death date: 24 may 2006    - spouse: sylvia ostry      - awards: order of canada    - birth date: 10 june 1927    - name: bernard ostry    - death place: toronto , ontario    - birth place: wadena , saskatchewan   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bernard ostry .
bernard a. ostry , -lrb- june 10 , 1927 -- may 24 , 2006 -rrb- was a canadian author , philanthropist , and civil servant , who is best known for being chair and ceo of tvontario .born in wadena , saskatchewan , he received a bachelor of arts degree from the university of manitoba in 1948 .from 1948 to 1952 , he did post-graduate work in the field of international history at the london school of economics under charles webster .from 1951 to 1955 , he was a research associate for the faculty of social sciences at the university of birmingham .as well , from 1951 to 1952 , he was a special assistant and advisor to the leader of the indian delegation to the united nations .from 1956 to 1958 , he was the david davies fellow in international history at the london school of economics and political science .in 1955 ostry co-authored with historian h s ferns the critical biography of canadian prime minister william lyon mackenzie king , `` the age of mackenzie king : the rise of the leader '' .the book was supposed to be the first of a multi-volume biography of the former prime minister but the co-authors fell out in the process of writing and publishing the book .when it was published `` the age of mackenzie king '' created a minor controversy because of its critical tone .in february of 1956 there were allegations that the federal liberal government had censored public discussion of the book .leaving academics , he served as the secretary-treasurer for the commonwealth institute of social research from 1959 to 1961 .he returned to canada in 1961 to become secretary-treasurer for the social sciences research council of canada , a position which he held until 1963 .changing careers again , he became a moderator for the cbc program `` nightline '' from 1960 to 1963 .from 1963 to 1968 , he was a supervisor in the department of public affairs -lrb- radio & tv -rrb- at the cbc .from 1968 to 1969 , he served as the chief consultant to the canadian radio television commission .next , from 1968 to 1970 , he...