Dan Rather

Journalist, Author

1931 –

75

Who is Dan Rather?

Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel AXS TV. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS's 60 Minutes. Rather became embroiled in controversy about a disputed news report involving President George W. Bush's Vietnam-era service in the National Guard and subsequently left CBS Evening News in 2005, and he left the network altogether after 43 years in 2006.

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Born
Oct 31, 1931
Wharton
Also known as
  • Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr.
  • Dan Irvin Rather Jr.
  • Dan Rather, Jr.
  • Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr.
  • Dan
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Lutheranism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor's degree, Sam Houston State University
    Journalism
    ( - 1953)
  • Love Elementary School
  • Hamilton Middle School
  • John H. Reagan High School
    ( - 1950)
  • South Texas College of Law
Employment
  • Newscaster
  • Reporter, Associated Press
    (1950 - )
  • TV Anchor
  • Reporter, United Press International
    (1950 - 1958)
  • Reporter, Hearst Corporation
    (1954 - 1955)
  • Reporter, KTRK-TV
    (1959 - )
  • Foreign Correspondent, CBS News
    (1965 - 1966)
Lived in
  • New York City
  • Austin
  • London
  • Vietnam

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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