Dan Rather Communications Building - Huntsville, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 42.892 W 095° 32.972
15R E 255845 N 3400777
The Dan Rather Communications Building is located on the campus of Sam Houston State University Texas.
Waymark Code: WMQBYB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2016
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The Place:
The Communications Building were students get a Master of Arts in Communication Studies degree was dedicated as the "Dan Rather" Communications building in 1994. It is home to an award-winning student newspaper, 24-hour student radio station, and a student operated community television facility.
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The Person:
Dan Rather is a journalist and he anchored the CBS Evening News from 1981-2005. He joined CBS News in 1962. He quickly rose through the ranks, and in 1981 he assumed the position of Anchor and Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News-a post he held for 24 years.
He is an alumni of SHSU where he graduated August 1953.