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George Herman
Age: 85 (passed away Feb. 8th, 2005) Height:
Birth Place: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Born: Jan. 14th, 1920
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George Herman's Main TV Roles
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TRIVIA:
- He was the longest-serving moderator of CBS' Sunday morning current-affairs program, _"Face the Nation" (1954)_ (qv), 1969-1983. He was also a longtime political reporter for CBS News. He was with the network for 43 years.
- Covered the Democratic and Republican conventions from 1948 to 1980 for CBS. Was also a Korean War correspondent for CBS, was CBS's White House correspondent during the Kennedy Administration, and co-anchored CBS' coverage of the Senate's Watergate hearings.
- He traveled to Asia in 1949 with a 16mm camera and audio recorder, and provided CBS with its first sound-and-film reports from overseas. He covered the Korean War.
- Graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1941. Received a Master's degree in journalism in 1942 from Columbia University.
- Was the first correspondent to broadcast news of the break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972.
- Was a news correspondent for CBS from 1944 to 1987.
- He delivered the first broadcast report of the Watergate break-in in 1972.
- During the Korean War, he landed with UN troops at Inchon as a combat correspondent.
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