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									| The National Radio Institute was a 
									private post-secondary correspondence school 
									based in Washington, D.C..The National Radio 
									Institute was founded by James E. Smith, a 
									high school teacher, in Washington, D.C., in 
									1914. McGraw-Hill Education purchased NRI 
									and the correspondence division of Capitol 
									Radio Engineering Institute in 1968. The 
									school was renamed NRI Schools, James E. 
									Smith remained as NRI chairman until his 
									death in 1973. James' son, J Morrison Smith, 
									succeeded as president, retiring in 1976. 
									McGraw-Hill announced in 1999 that it would 
									phase out NRI Schools, citing "changes in 
									the marketplace". They ceased operation on 
									March 31, 2002. |  
									
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