that it could be such a democratizing element of society, but that would never fully be realized if there wasn't some piece of it set aside for noncommercial purposes.". In May 1953, Hennock was invited to inaugurate the first educational television station in the country, KUHT in Houston, Texas. When Hennock's FCC term ended in 1955, she returned to legal practice. She married in 1956. She died of a brain tumor in 1960. References Encyclopedia of Television: Frieda Barkin Hennock Bio of Frieda Barkin Hennock Morgenthau, Henry, "Frieda Barkin Hennock, 1904-1960" entry in the Encyclopedia of the Jewish Women's Archive, Lucy Liggett, "Hennock, Frieda Barkin," Museum of Broadcasting, 1904 births 1960 deaths American people of Polish descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent Members of the Federal Communications Commission New York (state) lawyers Brooklyn Law School alumni 20th-century American lawyers Truman administration personnel Eisenhower administration personnel Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States