Mike Wallace (journalist)

Mike Wallace (born May 9, 1918 as Myron Leon Wallace) is an American journalist with a long-running career. He is most well-known to modern audiences as a television correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes. He has been with that program since it first aired in 1968. He has also hosted a number of other talk shows including Night Beat and The Mike Wallace Interview. During his career at 60 Minutes he has interviewed a wide range of newsmakers including Johnny Carson, Deng Xiaoping, Ayatollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Yasir Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, and Manuel Noriega.

Notes

While Wallace's parents (Frank and Zina) are listed in the 1930 census of Brookline with son Myron, their birthplace is Russia and language Yiddish. The original family name was changed to Wallace.

Related Topics:
1930 - Census - Russia - Yiddish

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