Murrow, Edward R., 1908-1965

LC control no.	n 50026550
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Murrow, Edward R., 1908-1965 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Murrow, Edward Roscoe , 1908-1965 Murrow, E. R. (Edward Roscoe ), 1908-1965 Murrow, Edward R. (Edward Roscoe ), 1908-1965 Murrow, Edward (Edward Roscoe ), 1908-1965 Murrow, Egbert Roscoe, 1908-1965 Murrow, E. R. (Egbert Roscoe), 1908-1965 Murrow, Egbert (Egbert Roscoe), 1908-1965 Murrow, Egbert R. (Egbert Roscoe), 1908-1965 Murrow, Ed (Edward Roscoe ), 1908-1965
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1908-04-25
Death date	1965-04-27
Place of birth	Guilford County (N.C.)
Place of death	Pawling (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Radio journalism Radio broadcasting Television broadcasting Speech
Affiliation	United States Information Agency Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Institute of International Education (New York, N.Y.) State College of Washington
Profession or occupation	Radio journalists War correspondents Television journalists Radio broadcasters
Found in	His This is London ... 1941. Wikipedia, June 14, 2013 (Edward R. Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow); b. April 25, 1908, Guilford County, N.C., d. April 27, 1965; American broadcast journalist) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow> Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) (website), viewed May 17, 2024: Preliminary Guide to the Edward R. Murrow Media 1940-1975, MS 2019.26 (Edward [Egbert] Roscoe Murrow was born on April 25, 1908, near Greensboro, North Carolina. He was the youngest of three boys born to Roscoe and Ethel Murrow. The family moved to Blanchard, Washington when Murrow was five. Subsequently, Murrow attended Washington State College in Pullman, Washington, graduating in 1930. In 1934 he married Janet Brewster. Their son, Charles Casey, was born November 6, 1945, in West London. Murrow was hired by CBS in 1935 and worked for them until 1961. During those years he worked as war correspondent in London, 1939 to 1945, vice president, director of public affairs, 1945 to 1947, and news analyst and host for the television programs Person to Person, See It Now, and Small World during the 1950s. He was on the CBS board of directors from 1949 to 1955. In 1961, Edward R. Murrow was appointed director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), serving until 1964. He died on April 27, 1965.) <http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ms2019_26.htm> Wikipedia, viewed June 11, 2024: Edward R. Murrow (Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 - April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, Bill Downs, Dan Rather, and Alexander Kendrick consider Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures. Murrow was born Egbert Roscoe Murrow at Polecat Creek, near Greensboro, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Roscoe Conklin Murrow and Ethel F. (née Lamb) Murrow. After graduation from high school in 1926, Murrow enrolled at Washington State College (now Washington State University) across the state in Pullman, and eventually majored in speech.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow> Wikipedia, viewed June 11, 2024: Edward R. Murrow (By his teen years, Murrow went by the nickname "Ed" and during his second year of college, he changed his name from Egbert to Edward. After earning his bachelor's degree in 1930, he moved back east to New York. Murrow was assistant director of the Institute of International Education from 1932 to 1935 and served as assistant secretary of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars, which helped prominent German scholars who had been dismissed from academic positions. He married Janet Huntington Brewster on March 12, 1935. Their son, Charles Casey Murrow, was born in the west of London on November 6, 1945. Murrow joined CBS as director of talks and education in 1935 and remained with the network for his entire career. Murrow died at his home in Pawling, New York, on April 27, 1965, two days after his 57th birthday.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow>
Associated language	eng