dan rather

     

In 1994 his alma mater, Sam Houston State University, named its journalism & communications building in his honor

Trivia about dan rather

  • Bush asked him, "How'd you like it if I judged your career by those 7 minutes when you walked off the set?"
  • Though Walter Cronkite retired at 65, this 65-year-old CBS anchorman, his successor, doesn't plan to
  • In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage"
  • He was co-editor of "60 Minutes" until 1981 when he left to anchor the "CBS Evening News"
  • In 1987 this anchor walked off, leaving CBS black for 6 minutes, because a tennis match cut into the news
  • In 1988 George Bush engaged this CBS anchorman in an on-air shouting match
  • This CBS anchor got hammered in 2004 reporting on President Bush's military service
  • In 1964 he became the White House correspondent for CBS
  • In June 2006 this newsman ended his 44-year career at CBS
  • On election night 2000, this newsman spouted lines like "Bush will be madder than a rained-on rooster"
  • In 1977 he wrote "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist"
  • As a CBS News bureau chief in Dallas in 1963, he covered the Kennedy assassination
  • This network anchorman on election night 2004: "This race is hotter than Times Square Rolex"
  • A communications building at Sam Houston State University in Texas is named for this alumnus & former CBS News anchor
  • Trick or Treat! He was born on Halloween
  • "To my fellow journalists... risking all and to each of you, courage"