Walter Cronkite (CBS News Reporter)

Birth

Nov 4, 1916

Saint Joseph, MO

Leaves college

Jan 1, 1935

I dropped out of the University of Texas-Austin for news and sports radio jobs in Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and El Paso and Austin, Texas.

Marriage

Mar 30, 1940

I married Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell.

Hired to CBS News Report

Jan 1, 1950

I was hired by CBS News for its Washington bureau.

Presidential campaign

Jan 1, 1960

I also hosts candid one-on-one interviews with the two candidates, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
https://youtu.be/aS8b0u84bK0

Manager of CBS Evening News

Jan 1, 1962

I became managing editor and Anchor of CBS Evening News

Returns to Vietnam

Jan 1, 1968

I visted again to observe during the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive.

Voted Most Trusted Man

Jan 1, 1972

Public opinion poll for American
https://youtu.be/h7IV8SIXIQM

CBS Sign Off

Mar 6, 1981

I signed off with trademark, "And that's the way it is," for his final broadcast as the CBS Evening News managing editor and anchor. https://youtu.be/G5tdqojA26E

Death

Jul 17, 2009

I died at 7:42 p.m. Friday with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 92.
https://youtu.be/WkrABAfX2kI