<s>
The	O
Benton	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
nonprofit	O
organization	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
former	O
U.S.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Benton	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
was	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
Encyclopædia	O
Britannica	O
from	O
1974	O
until	O
1996	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Jacqui	O
Safra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
formation	O
of	O
the	O
Benton	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
bicentennial	O
banquet	O
for	O
the	O
Britannica	O
in	O
1968	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Benton	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
has	O
pushed	O
for	O
a	O
national	O
broadband	O
policy	O
at	O
the	O
highest	O
levels	O
of	O
U.S.	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leonard	O
Jay	O
Schrager	O
became	O
new	O
chairman	O
of	O
Benton	O
in	O
2015	O
following	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
Benton	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Founder	O
and	O
Chairman	O
Charles	O
Benton	O
who	O
died	O
on	O
29	O
April	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Benton	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
Charles	O
Benton	O
received	O
the	O
Susan	O
G	O
.	O
Hadden	O
Pioneer	O
Award	O
from	O
the	O
Alliance	O
for	O
Public	O
Technology	O
for	O
"	O
pioneering	O
efforts	O
in	O
telecommunications	O
and	O
consumer	O
access.	O
"	O
</s>
