Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009
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For newspapers, radio, and television, Walter Leland Cronkite (1916-2009) covered almost every major news event in the world from World War II to his retirement in 1982.
Since then, he worked on special projects and continued a career in writing. He was born Nov. 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Houston, where he attended high school. While attending the University of Texas, he worked at the capital bureau of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and in his junior year, he left school to work for the Houston Post. From there, he went on to KCMO radio in Kansas City. Back in journalism, working for United Press, he was one of the first journalists accredited to American forces after the United States entered World War II.
He covered the Nuremberg war crimes trials and served as the bureau manager in Moscow. In 1950, Cronkite became a correspondent for CBS-TV and after 1962 served as managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. He covered national and international affairs, taking a special interest in space exploration. He headed the coverage of the first nationally televised Presidential campaign and has covered every national political convention except the Democratic convention in 1964. After visiting Vietnam in 1968, he was disillusioned and called for negotiations to end the war. Cronkite has interviewed most world leaders, including American presidents from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.
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referencedIn | "Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance" [videorecording], undated | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | Actors' Fund of America Photographs and Audio-Visual Materials, 1880-2006 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
creatorOf | AV 2443, Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas performances 1958-2007 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library | |
referencedIn | Barry Jagoda Papers. 1976 - 2003. Barry Jagoda's Subject Files. 1976 - 2003. Call-Ins [Radio Show - quot;Ask the Presidentquot;] | Jimmy Carter Library | |
referencedIn | Biography -- Cronkite, Walter. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
referencedIn | Charles Kuralt Collection, 1935-1997 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
creatorOf | Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. Man on the moon sound recording, 1969 [sound recording]. | Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library | |
referencedIn | Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection. 1953 - 1982. Motion Picture Films. 1953 - 1982. The Warren Report | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Correspondence of H. L. Mencken, 1909-1972, 1909-1972 | University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections |
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referencedIn | General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations. 1911 - 1972. THE JAPANESE PEACE CONFERENCE | National Archives at College Park |
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associatedWith | Actors' Fund of America. |
associatedWith | Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963 |
associatedWith | CBS News. |
employeeOf | Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. |
associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. |
associatedWith | Daniel, Clifton, 1912-2000. |
associatedWith | Dealey, Joe M., Jr. |
associatedWith | Dodd, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1907-1971 |
memberOf | Explorers Club |
associatedWith | Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 |
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Active 1920
Active 1992
Birth 1916-11-04
Death 2009-07-17
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