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Townsend attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, graduating in the class of 1936. He graduated from Princeton University in 1940 and thereafter attended the Columbia School of Journalism.
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After working briefly as an editor in New York City he served in the Army. During World World War II he was an Army communications officer Townsend was associated with for over 40 years.
During his tenure he worked on the Radio Network"s morning World News Roundup and the Roundup"s evening companion, then known as The World Tonight.
Townsend covered a variety of news events including: national political conventions and elections, space launches, atomic tests, international peace conferences, and presidential inaugurations. He anchored the World News Roundup for the better part of 30 years, after sent Winston Burdett to Rome in 1954.
Most of that time he anchored 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. broadcasts but abandoned that schedule in last years with because it required him to rise before the sun. While Jackson anchored news reports from the wire services and from Texas, Townsend provided news and background information at various points in the initial broadcast.
He retired in 1985 from and moved to Sarasota, Florida.
They spent much of their time in Bala, Ontario, Canada.
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