Dan Rather

Dan Rather is an American journalist and former national evening news anchor. He is mostly known for being the news anchor of CBS News from 1981 to 2005. He began his journalism career in Texas where he gave birth to the radar weather report. He did this by overlaying a transparent map over a radar image of Hurricane Carla. His broadcast was extremely helpful because it helped to initiate the successful evacuation of about 350,000 people.

After reporting in Dallas during the time of the President Kennedy assassination, he promoted to serve as a White House correspondent under CBS News. In 1981, he was promoted to CBS Evening News anchor where he served for 24 years.

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Biography and Early Life

Dan Rather was born on the 31^st of October, 1931, in Wharton County, Texas. His father was Dan Irvin Rather Sr. and his mother was Byrl Veda. His father was a ditch digger and a pipe layer.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Dan Rather in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Dan Rather’s age is 89 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 31 October 1931. Though, he is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 158 lbs in Pound and 72 kg in Kilograms.

Education

As a child, the family moved to Houston, Texas where he attended Lovett Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School. In 1950, he graduated from John H. Reagan High School and went to Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. In College, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.

He was the editor of the school newspaper, Houstonian, and also worked for KSAM-FM radio in Huntsville, where he called high school and college football games.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Dan Rather tied the knot with Jean Goebel in 1957 and have two children together; Robin and Dan. Their daughter, Robin, is an environmentalist and community activist in Austin, Texas, and their son, Dan, is an assistant district attorney in the District attorney’s office in Manhattan, New York. He and his wife currently have homes in New York and Austin, Texas.

Is Dan Rather Gay?

No, Dan Rather is not gay.

Professional Career

It is safe to say that Rather landed his first broadcasting job at a small radio station in Huntsville, Texas. Subsequently, he worked at KTRH-Radio in Houston. Eventually, he became the director of news and public affairs at KHOU-TV, CBS’s Houston affiliate. The following year, Rather got his big break.

He did a weather report of the incoming Hurricane Carla and helped to save the lives of around 350,000 people. The executives at CBS were quite impressed with this story that they offered him a job as a CBS correspondent and began working for them in March 1962.

At CBS, he covered the Civil Rights Movement in the South and also the entry of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi. He also covered the efforts of Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. In 1963, he coordinated Pres. John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas and was the first one to report his assassination. The next year, he became a White House correspondent, then transferred to London before requesting to be placed in Vietnam during the American-Vietnam war.

He was placed in Vietnam in 1965 but was later returned to the White House where he is remembered for his aggressive questioning of Pres. Richard Nixon. He remained as a White House correspondent even during the Watergate scandal. He served as an anchor on Sunday from 1970-73 and on Saturday from 1974-75. Rather joined 60 Minutes in 1975 and later became the anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years since 1981.

Awards

Dan Rather is one of the best journalists we have seen for a long time. Over the span of his successful career, Rather has attained the following: in 2003, he received the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story. In 2010 and 2011, he received the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Dan Rather in ’2021’

Dan Rather is one of the best journalists of all time. He was there during some of the biggest moments in history. His long career has been a successful and also rewarding one. As of 2021, the former news anchor has an estimated net worth of $80 Million.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• In January 1954, he was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was sent to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. However, he was later discharged because it was discovered he had rheumatic fever when he was a child.
• In 2007, Rather received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Siena College in Loudonville, New York, for his contributions to journalism.

Dan Rather will be an unforgettable man in our recent history considering he was present at some of the biggest moments in history. The man’s journalism career is the bar for which each and every aspiring journalist aspires to reach.