Official Responsibilities: Managing Editor & Executive Producer

Unofficial Keeper of: the wisdom of experience

Born: 1928 in Greensboro, North Carolina

Professional Background:
- started in journalism as a stringer for the Atlanta Journal
- won Pulitzer Prize for his Gemini space mission coverage
- London Bureau Chief for CNN, then retired
- lured out of retirement in 1995 by Luther Sachs to run Sports Night

Personal History:
- married
- unhappy about 16-year old daughter dating a young Republican
- 24-year old daughter Cathy is married to Douglas, a Naval radar officer, & lives in SF
- 1st grandchild born to daughter Cathy 1998 at Berkeley General
- suffered a stroke Spring 1998; recovered after a few months
- favourite drink: Talisker 25-year-old single-malt scotch

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