Here’s a look at the life of Emmy award-winning news anchor Tom Brokaw.
Birth name: Thomas John Brokaw
Father: Anthony Orville « Red » Brokaw, construction foreman
Mother: Eugenia « Jean » (Conley) Brokaw, post office clerk
Marriage: Meredith (Auld) Brokaw (August 17,1962-present)
Children: Sarah, 1970; Andrea, 1968; Jennifer, 1966
Education: Attended University of Iowa in the late 1950s; University of South Dakota, B. A. in political science, 1962
Other Facts: Nominated for 39 Emmy awards and won 11: 10 competitive and one honorary.
Won two Peabody awards.
Timeline: 1962-1965 – Morning news editor for a television station in Omaha, Nebraska.
1966 – Joins NBC as an anchor and correspondent at an affiliate station in Los Angeles.
1973 – Becomes NBC’s White House correspondent and weekend news anchor.
1976-1982 – Hosts « Today, » taking over for Jim Hartz.
April 1982-December 1,2004 – Anchors « NBC Nightly News. »
November 30,1987 – Brokaw’s interview with Mikhail Gorbachev airs. It is the first interview of a Soviet leader by an American journalist.
1988 – Wins an Emmy award as a writer for « Summer Olympics. »
1989 – Wins an Emmy award for Outstanding Interview/Interviewer (Programs) for « Ronald Reagan. .. An American Success Story. »
1989 – Wins an Emmy award for Outstanding Instant Coverage of a Single News Story (Programs) for « NBC News Special: Crisis in China.
