Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1913, Aug. 18 | Born, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1925 | Voice of Buster Brown, KMOX radio, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1933-1934 | Announcer, KWK radio, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1934-1935 | Announcer, KMOX radio, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1936 | Announcer, WLW radio, Cincinnati, Ohio Staff announcer, Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington, D.C. |
| 1937-1942 | Newscaster and liaison with White House and State Department, National Broadcasting Co., Washington, D.C. |
| 1939 | Participated in the first remote television broadcast in the United States |
| 1940 | Married Esther Julie Jenkins |
| 1942-1956 | Newscaster, White House correspondent and director of special events and public affairs, American Broadcasting Co. and WMAL, Washington, D.C. |
| 1947 | Produced and reported the first Senate hearing to be televised (Foreign Relations Committee) Produced and reported the first White House speech by a president on television |
| 1948 | Pool correspondent for the first televised political convention |
| 1954 | Pool correspondent for all television networks, Senate Army-McCarthy hearings |
| 1956 | Pool correspondent for American radio networks, hydrogen bomb test at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands |
| 1956-1970 | Newscaster and reporter, National Broadcasting Co. and WRC, Washington, D.C. |
| 1963 | President, National Press Club |
| 1970-1977 | Manager, editorial services, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C. |
| 1979-1983 | Local history reporter, "P.M. Magazine" |
| 1983 | Published Footnote Washington. McLean, Va.: EPM Publications |
| 1988-1989 | Reporter for "Of Monuments and Myths" and "Landmarks and Legends," WETA, Public Broadcasting System, Washington, D.C. |
| 1992, Nov. 10 | Died, Washington, D.C. |