TV / Radio work 
 
 
 
 
Date Event
May 2001 David Letterman Show-Science Demonstrations
March 2001 WTTW Public TV on "Chicago Tomorrow"- Science Demonstrations
February 2001 WGN TV News--Demonstrations with Students
November 2000 David Letterman Show--Science Demonstrations
October 2000 WGN Radio Science Fair on the radio
September 2000 Bozo Show on WGN
September 2000 CLTV show on Mercury Spills
May 2000 Fox Sports Science Demonstrations
March 2000 David Letterman Show – Kids Science Demonstrations
January 17th 2000 WGN-TV NEWS interviewed and did demos
December 1999 Late, late Show with Craig Kilborn
October 1999 Bozo Show WGN Lee Marek 
September 1999 David Letterman Show – Kids Science Demonstration
May 1999 David Letterman Show – Kids Science Demonstrations 
February 1999 David Letterman Show – Kids Science Demonstrations 
December 1999 WBIG radio hour talk show and demos
December 1999 Univ. of WI Christmas Demonstrations with Bassam Shakhashiri for PBS telecasts
November 16, 1998 David Letterman Show – this time Lee Marek brought kids to do the Science demonstrations
October 5, 1998 Bozo Show WGN Lee Marek
October 25, 1998 WGN-TV NEWS interviewed and did demos for science week program
May 27, 1998 Golden Apple Awards WTTW [PBS] Chicago
April 1998 Illinois Education Association video focusing on teachers who are innovators
March 3, 1998 David Letterman Show -- this time Lee Marek brought kids to do the Science Demonstrations
February 16, 1998 WGN NEWS interviewed and did demos for science week program.
November 4, 1997 KARE- TV, Garnnett TV, Minneapolis, MN Saturday Science Chemistry Day
October 30, 1997 David Letterman Show CBS ; Lee Marek
October 29, 1997 Kids and science demos CBS News
October 26, 1997 Bozo Show WGN Lee Marek
May 6. 1997 Fox Thing in the Morning FOX TV Chicago Lee Marek
January 3, 1997 David Letterman Show CBS; Lee Marek
July 1996 ABC TV Peoria, IL News Interview Heart of Illinois Fair on Science Show
June 27th 1996 ABC TV in Buffalo, NY AM Buffalo did science demos for them live
March 1996 WGN radio Science demos on the radio
November 21st 1995 David Letterman Show CBS; Lee Marek
August 30th 1995 Fox Thing in the Morning FOX TV Chicago Lee Marek
March 9th 1995 David Letterman Show CBS; Lee Marek
March 21st 1995 Did Science Demonstrations for FOX TV in Chicago; Lee Marek
September 1994 CLTV in Chicago, science demos; Lee Marek
September 1994 David Letterman Show CBS; Lee Marek
July 1994 WGN radio Science demos on the radio; Lee & Dewayne
June 1994 WBEZ [NPR] radio 1/2 hour of science demos on the radio; Lee Marek
May 1994 NCTV cable Naperville hour science show; done by Lee Marek & Bill West
May 1994 WBIG radio hour talk show and demos Lee & Bob
Feb. 1994 Good Day Chicago FOX TV Chicago Lee Marek
Feb. 1994 Jonathan Brandmeyer Show WLUP Radio science demos on the radio live Chicago
June 1993 Clive Anderson Talks Back, TV Show done in England; Lee Marek
May 1993 ABC our own 1/2 hour sciencecom; all of us on the program
April 1993 ABC our own 1/2 hour sciencecom; all of us on the program
April 1993 David Letterman Show NBC; Lee Marek
Dec. 1992 & July 93 Inside Edition News Show ABC NY; all of us on the program
November 1992 Evansville, IN TV news on two shows; all of us on the program
Sept. 1992 ABC our own 1/2 hour sciencecom; all of us on the program
Sept. 1992 David Letterman Show NBC; Lee Marek
March 1992 ABC our own 1/2 hour sciencecom; all of us on the program
Jan 1992 WBEZ [NPR] radio 1/2 hour of science demos on the radio; Lee Marek
Jan. 1992 David Letterman Show NBC; Lee Marek
Nov. 1991 Bob Sirott Show NBC Chicago; all of us on the program
Nov. 1991 David Letterman Show 10th Anniversary Special; Lee Marek
October 1991 Westinghouse Award on CBS Chicago; Lee Marek
1991 Nalco Chemical Company Kids Show; all of us on the program [short part]
Sept. 1991 Bob Walace WBBM, CBS, TV News; Lee Marek Chicago
Aug., 1991 Emmy Awards Show for Letterman; Lee Marek
July 1991 WGN radio Science demos on the radio; Lee Marek
July 1991 David Letterman Show NBC; Lee Marek
March 1991 Texas TV news [2 stations]; all of us on the program
Jan. 1991 David Letterman Show NBC; Lee Marek
Dec. 1990 CBS National TV "Schools In" Charles Kerault; Lee Marek & Bob Lewis
October 1990 Cable station Chicago science demos; all of us on the program
Sept. 1990 Follow up on "Education: Our Nation's Toughest Assignment" Lesley Stahl; Bob & Lee
Sept. 1990 CBS National TV "CBS News Poll on Education" with Charles Kerault; Bob Lewis & Lee Marek
Sept. 1990 David Letterman Show NBC; Lee Marek
Aug. 1990 Optical Data six sides of demos on laserdisc by all of us
1990 David Letterman Show NBC; Bob Lewis April
1989  NCTV cable Naperville15 min. science show; done by Lee Marek
Nov. 1989 Kalamazoo, MI TV News; all of us on the program
 
 
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Lee Marek

GK-12/ Chem Demos

University of Illinois Chicago
Dept of Chemistry (MC111)
Science and Engineering South

845 W. Taylor Street, Room 4500 Office 4546
Chicago, IL 60607-7061

Phone: (312) 996-4510

 e-mail :  Lmarek@aol.com or Lmarek@fnal.gov





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