Jim Lehrer

Jim Lehrer (born May 19, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas) is the news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS.

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May 19 - 1934 - Wichita, Kansas - News anchor - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - PBS

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He attended middle school in Beaumont, Texas, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he was one of the three sports editors at the Jefferson Declaration. He graduated from Victoria College in Texas and the University of Missouri.

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Beaumont, Texas - San Antonio, Texas - Victoria College in Texas - University of Missouri

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After three years in the US Marine Corps, he began his news career in Dallas, first as a newspaperman, and then later as the anchor on a local news show. Lehrer started work with PBS in 1972, and in 1975 started The MacNeil/Lehrer Report with Robert MacNeil. The show was later renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and in its most recent incarnation is known as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

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US Marine Corps - Dallas - PBS - 1972 - 1975 - Robert MacNeil

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In 1999 Lehrer was awarded the presidential National Humanities Medal.

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1999 - National Humanities Medal

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Nicknamed the "Dean of Moderators" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6133830/ by CNN's Bernard Shaw, Lehrer has been the moderator for ten debates among candidates vying for President of the United States of America. Most recently he moderated the first presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry on September 30, 2004.

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CNN - Bernard Shaw - President of the United States of America - First presidential debate - George W. Bush - John Kerry

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Lehrer is also an acclaimed author, writing both non-fiction and fiction which draws on his life experiences and his interests in history and politics.

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Lehrer is also well known as a bus enthusiast. He is a major supporter of the Pacific Bus Museum in Williams, California and the Museum of Bus Transportation in Hershey, Pennsylvania. His father was a bus driver and also briefly operated a bus company. As a college student, he worked as a Trailways ticket agent.

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Bus - Williams, California - Hershey, Pennsylvania - Trailways

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He is married to the novelist Kate Lehrer, and has three children and six grandchildren.

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