Robert Anthony Daly (born December 8, 1936) is an American business executive who has led organizations such as CBS Entertainment, Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Daly currently serves as a non-executive advisor to Paramount Pictures, where he provides counsel on a number of strategic areas. Daly also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Film Institute, an organization he has been involved with for many years. Additionally, he is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Dean’s Advisory Board and the UCLA Executive Board for the Medical Sciences. In 2006, he joined the board of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Daly completed his term as chairman of the board of trustees for the children's charity Save the Children in February 2010. In addition, Daly serves as president of Rulemaker, Inc., an investment consulting company. He is also chairman of DonorsChoose.org, an organization which provides material assistance to teachers in the public school system and whose slogan is, “Teachers ask. You choose. Students learn.” Daly is also a Founding Director of the Geffen Playhouse. Biography Early life Daly was born and grew up Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of six children. Daly attended his first Dodgers game when he was six years old and has stated that the '55 Dodgers are his favorite team and Jackie Robinson is his hero. After graduating high school, Daly applied for a job as an office boy at CBS to help support his mother and soon after got promoted but left CBS when he was drafted into the United States Army in which he described as "When I was in the Army, they had theaters on the base and, for some reason or other, I went to the movies any time I could go, and I took notes. I don’t know why. It wasn’t my job at CBS; I just took notes." After leaving the army, Daly returned to CBS. Education and career at CBS Robert A. Daly attended Brooklyn College and Hunter College received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute as well as a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Trinity College (Connecticut). . Daly began as a gofer for the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1955, before beginning a career path to "president of entertainment". In addition to