Peter Jennings

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was the lead news anchor for the ABC network from the 1980s to the 2000s. He had anchored ABC World News Tonight since 1978 and was the sole anchor from 1983 through April 2005. Jennings died of lung cancer on the evening of August 7 2005 at the age of 67.

Awards

• Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award from Washington State University, 2004
• Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast from the National Press Foundation, 2000
• 14 National Emmys
• 2 George Foster Peabody Awards
• Several Overseas Press Club Awards
• Several Alfred du Pont Columbia University Awards for Journalism
• Harvard University's Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism
• Radio and Television News Directors Paul White Award (award chosen by the news directors of all three major networks)
• National Headliner Award, 1970
• Named by the Washington Journalism Review anchor of the year three straight years.
• Fred Friendly First Amendment Award from Quinnipiac University, 2001
• Order of Canada, 2005