Dan Rather

Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931 in Wharton, Texas^[1]) is an American journalist and reporter. He worked with the CBS network until 2006. Controversy over documents Rather reported on that he claimed indicated President George W. Bush avoided military service during Vietnam caused him to leave CBS Evening News in 2005, his last broadcast on that program was March 9, 2005^[2] and the whole network altogether two years later.^[3] He is now reporting for HDNet.

Dan Rather
Dan Rather at Kabul, Afghanistan, in July 2011
Born	Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. (1931-10-31) October 31, 1931 (age 94) Wharton, Texas, U.S.
Education	Sam Houston State University
Occupation(s)	Journalist Anchor
Years active	1950–present
Notable credit(s)	CBS Evening News anchor (1981–2005) 60 Minutes correspondent (1968–1981; 1999–2006)
Spouse	Jean Goebel ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 2024)​
Children	Robin (daughter) Danjack (son)

Awards

He has received many Emmy Awards, several Peabody Awards, and various honorary degrees from universities.

Award	Year	Program Title
Peabody	1975	CBS News
Peabody	1976	60 Minutes
Peabody	1994	CBS Reports: D-Day
Peabody	1995	CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America
Paul White Award Radio Television Digital News Association	1997[4]	Lifetime Achievement
Peabody	2000	48 Hours: Heroes Under Fire
Peabody	2001	60 Minutes II: Memories of a Massacre
Peabody	2004	60 Minutes II: Abuse at Abu Ghraib
Emmy Trustees Award	2014	Lifetime Achievement