Here’s a look at the life of journalist and former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather.
个人
生日: 十月 31, 1931
出生地: Wharton, 德州
出生时的名字: Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
父亲: Daniel Irvin Rather Sr., oil pipeliner
母亲: Byrl (页) Rather
婚姻: 吉恩 (Goebel) Rather (四月 21, 1957-当下)
小孩儿: Daniel and Robin
教育: Sam Houston State Teachers College (now known as Sam Houston State University), B.A. 1953
Military Service: US Army
其他事实
Known for his folksy metaphors and sayings during news reports.
时间线
1950 – Editor of his college newspaper at Sam Houston State Teachers College.
1953-1954 – Teaches journalism at Sam Houston State Teachers College.
1954 – Begins working for the Houston Chronicle newspaper and its radio station KTRH.
1956 – Promoted to news director at KTRH.
1959 – Takes a job as a television reporter for KTRK-TV in Houston.
1961 – Is the news director for CBS affiliate KHOU-TV.
1962 – Hired as Bureau chief, CBS News Southwest Bureau in Dallas.
1963 – Bureau chief, CBS News Southern Bureau, 新奥尔良.
1964 – Becomes the CBS White House correspondent.
1965 – Bureau chief, CBS News London.
1965-1966 – Bureau chief, CBS News Saigon.
1966 – Returns to job as CBS White House correspondent, staying in the position until 1974.
八月 27, 1968 – Attacked by security personnel as he attempts to question a Georgia delegate being removed from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1968 – Contributes to new CBS program “60 Minutes.” Over the next 38 年份, Rather works as a correspondent, host and co-editor on the show.
1980 – Rather reports from Afghanistan wearing traditional Afghani clothing, earning him the nickname “Gunga Dan” from television critic Tom Shales.
游行 9, 1981-游行 9, 2005 – Anchor of “CBS Evening News.”
1986 – For a brief time, Rather adds the word “勇气” to his sign off of his “CBS Evening News” 广播. He later says that he’s “the only one who liked it.”
十月 4, 1986 – Is assaulted in New York by two men who he says repeatedly asked him, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?”
九月 11, 1987 – Walks off the “CBS Evening News” set in Miami to call CBS executives to protest a delayed starting time due to coverage of the US Open Tennis semi-finals. His actions cause six minutes of dead air.
一月 19, 1988-十二月 27, 2002 – Host of “48 Hours.”
一月 25, 1988 – Rather has a confrontational interview with Vice President George H. w ^. 衬套 over the Iran-Contra scandal. From that point on, Bush refuses to be interviewed by Rather. 总统乔治·W. 衬套 also refuses to be interviewed by Rather.
1993-1995 – Shares “CBS Evening News” anchor duties with Connie Chung.
八月 1994 – Sam Houston State University honors Rather by renaming its communications building the Dan Rather Communications Building.
一月 1997 – William Tager is identified as the assailant in Rather’s 1986 突击. The statute of limitations has expired and Tager, incarcerated for manslaughter in the 1994 death of a “Today Show “雇员, cannot be charged in Rather’s case.
一月 13, 1999-九月 2, 2005 – Correspondent and host for “60 Minutes II.”
九月 9, 2004 – Rather comes under fire after running a “60 Minutes II” story which alleges President George W. Bush received preferential treatment while serving in the Texas Air National Guard during the 1970s.
九月 20, 2004 – Rather apologizes and announces that he no longer has confidence in the authenticity of the documents used in the story about President Bush.
游行 9, 2005 – Formally steps down as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News.”
六月 20, 2006 – Rather leaves CBS News, before his November contract expiration, ending a 44-year career with the network.
十一月 14, 2006 – Makes debut as host of “Dan Rather Reports” on HDNet.
九月 19, 2007 – Files a $ 70 百万诉讼 against CBS and Viacom, claiming he was made a scapegoat when the network came under criticism over the story about President Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard.
九月 29, 2009 – Rather’s lawsuit against CBS is dismissed.
一月 12, 2010 – Rather’s request to reinstate his 2007 breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS is rejected by New York’s Court of Appeals.
可能 1, 2012 – Rather releases a memoir called “Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News.”
十月 16, 2015 – The film, “Truth,” based on the controversy surrounding Rather and his eventual departure from CBS, opens.
九月 27, 2016 – Debuts a weekly show, “Dan Rather’s America,” on SiriusXM.
一月 22, 2018 – Debuts a new show, “The News with Dan Rather,” on The Young Turks Network.
