Background
Morton, Bruce A. was born on October 28, 1930 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States.
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Bruce A. Morton
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Morton graduated from Harvard University in 1952 and spent the next three years in the United States. Army.
Career
While still at Harvard, he was a newscaster for a Boston radio station. After leaving the service, Morton went into television news, first as a behind-the-scenes assistant at New York City"s WRCA-television, then on air for a local station in Pittsburgh. He joined American Broadcasting Company News in 1962 as a London-based reporter.
In 1964, he joined Columbia Broadcasting System News, where he would stay for the next 29 years.
He was based in Washington, District of Columbia, where he was a Congressional correspondent. During his tenure with Columbia Broadcasting System, he also co-anchored the Columbia Broadcasting System Morning News (with Hughes Rudd) from 1974 to 1977.
Longtime Columbia Broadcasting System correspondent Roger Mudd, in his 2008 memoir The Place To Be, acknowledged Morton as the best writer in the Columbia Broadcasting System Washington Bureau during the years they worked together. After leaving Columbia Broadcasting System in 1993, Morton went to work for Cable News Network, where he stayed until his retirement in 2006.
Continuing to be based in Washington, his title at Cable News Network was national correspondent.
He died on September 5, 2014, at his home in Washington District of Columbia, aged 83.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army, 1952-1955. Member Society Professional Journalists.
Interests
Connections
Son of Alexander X. and Jeanette Mae (Cook) M. Divorced; children: Sarah J., Alexander J.
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Born
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Nationality
United States
Education
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1952
Career
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1962 - 1964
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1964 - 1993
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1993 - 2006
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2006