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| Posted 02.01.07 |
PBS Broadcaster to be Commencement Speaker
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 Jim
Lehrer P’85, anchor of Public Broadcasting Service's “The Newshour with Jim
Lehrer,” will be the featured speaker at Wesleyan's 175th
Commencement ceremony, which will be held on May 27, 2007.
Lehrer began his career at PBS in 1972 and partnered with Robert MacNeil in
1973 to cover the Watergate hearings. In 1975, the two men began anchoring
“The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” In 1983 the show became the nations first
60-minute television evening news program and was re-titled “The MacNeil/Lehrer
News Hour.”
Lehrer has been honored with numerous journalism awards, including a
Presidential National Humanities medal in 1999. During the last five
presidential elections, he moderated 10 of the nationally-televised
candidate debates.
An accomplished writer, Lehrer has written 15 novels; his latest, The
Franklin Affair, was published in 2005 by Random House. He has also written
two memoirs and three plays. His daughter Lucy Lehrer is a member of
Wesleyan’s Class of 1985.
This year’s Reunion-Commencement Weekend, which will run from May 24-27,
will also mark the finale of Wesleyan’s 175th Anniversary Celebration.
Wesleyan’s charter was granted on May 26, 1831.
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By David Pesci, director of Media Relations.
Photo courtesy of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. |
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