Dan Rather

About Dan Rather

For 24 years, he served as a CBS news anchor and was a correspondent for 60 Minutes II. He signed out every evening with the word Courage over decades of award-winning news reporting for CBS.

Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. is an American journalist and former presenter of the National Evening News. Instead, he started his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his report saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. Instead create the first radar weather report naturally by overlaying a transparent map over the radar image of Hurricane Carla. In the first nationwide broadcast, he helped launch the successful evacuation of 350,000 people. Instead of being reported from Dallas in November 1963 at the time President Kennedy was assassinated. Based on his report, he was promoted to CBS News, where he served as the White House correspondent since 1964. He served as a foreign correspondent in London and Vietnam for the next two years before moving back. White House reporter position. He covered Richard Nixon's presidency, including Nixon's trip to China, the Watergate scandal and the presidential resignation.

Years active	1950–present
Occupation	Journalist, news presenter, reporter and correspondent
Notable credit(s)	CBS Evening News anchor (1981–2005), 60 Minutes correspondent (1975–81, 2005–2006), 48 Hours host (1988–2002), 60 Minutes II correspondent (1999–2005), The Big Interview with Dan Rather host (2013-present), The News With Dan Rather anchor (2018)
Education	Sam Houston State University (BA)
Children	2
Born	Daniel Irvin Rather Jr, October 31, 1931, Wharton, Texas, U.S.

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Trivia

He published his memoir, Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News, in 2012.

Dan Rather before fame

He earned his bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University.

Achievement of Dan Rather

In 2012, he released his memoir, Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Dan Rather family life

In 1957, he married Jean Goebel. He has a son named Danjack and a daughter named Robin.

Associations of Dan Rather

He was the first network television journalist to report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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