Background
Wattenberg was born in The Bronx to Jewish parents, and went on to graduate from Hobart College in 1955, majoring in English.
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Wattenberg was born in The Bronx to Jewish parents, and went on to graduate from Hobart College in 1955, majoring in English.
Bachelor of Arts, Hobart College, 1955; honorary Doctor of Laws, Hobart and William Smith Colls., 1975.
Associated with leading Democratic politicians in the 1960s and "70s, he leaned increasingly conservative in his latter years. Early years
From 1955-1957 he was in the United States. Air Force, based in San Antonio. He was an aide and speechwriter to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968, and served as an adviser to Hubert Humphrey"s 1970 Senate race and Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson"s contest for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, and Democratic Party presidential primaries of 1976, and served on the 1972 and 1976 Democratic National Convention platform committees.
Wattenberg came to national attention as co-author with Richard M. Scammon of The Real Majority, the 1970 analysis believed to have provided the basis for the campaign strategies of the Nixon administration in the 1970 congressional elections and 1972 presidential election.
He hosted the weekly Public Broadcasting Service television program, Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, from 1994 to 2010, and previously hosted Public Broadcasting Service series In Search of the Real America and Ben Wattenberg At Large. Wattenberg was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, District of Columbia He was appointed to various committees and commissions by Presidents Carter, Reagan, and George H. West. Bush, as well as by then-Speaker Tom Foley.
Personal
Wattenberg was the son of real-estate attorney Judah Wattenberg and Rachel Gutman Wattenberg, and the younger brother of actress Rebecca Schull. Wattenberg died on June 28, 2015 from complications following surgery.
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He was the host of a number of Public Broadcasting Service television specials, including Values Matter Most, The Grandchild Gap, America"s Number One, What Next?, The Stockholder Society, A Third Choice (about the role of third parties in American politics), Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism, The Democrats, and The First Measured Century.
Served with United States Air Force, 1956-1958. Member Council Foreign Relations.
Married Marna Hade, June 24, 1956 (divorced February 1981). Children: Ruth, Daniel, Sarah. Married Diane Abelman, July 10, 1983.
1 child, Rachel.