Eric Sevareid
Journalist, Author
1912 – 1992
Who was Eric Sevareid?
Arnold Eric Sevareid was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, and thus dubbed "Murrow's Boys". He was the first to report the fall of Paris when it was captured by the Germans during World War II. Traveling into Burma during World War II, his aircraft was shot down and he was rescued from behind enemy lines by a search and rescue team established for that purpose. He was the final journalist to interview Adlai Stevenson before his death. After a long and distinguished career, he followed in Murrow's footsteps as a commentator on the CBS Evening News for 12 years for which he was recognized with Emmy and Peabody Awards.
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- Born
- Nov 26, 1912
Velva - Also known as
- Arnold Eric Sevareid
- Eric Severeid
- Parents
- Spouses
- Lois Finger
(1935 - 1962) - Belén Marshall
(1963 - 1974) - Suzanne St. Pierre
(1979 - 1992/07/09)
- Lois Finger
- Ethnicity
- Norwegian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, University of Minnesota
( - 1935)
- Bachelor's degree, University of Minnesota
- Employment
- Washington bureau Chief, CBS News
- Lived in
- North Dakota
- Minneapolis
- Died
- Jul 9, 1992
Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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