Background
Couric was born to Elinor (Hene) Couric, a homemaker and part-time writer, and John Martin Couric, a public relations executive and news editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and United Press International in Washington, District of Columbia
Career
Couric"s maternal grandparents, Bert Hene and Clara L. Froshin, were the children of Jewish immigrants from Germany. Couric is the sibling of Clara Couric Batchelor, John M. Couric, Junior., and former Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News anchor Katie Couric. Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center at the University of Virginia Health System"s hospital, pays tribute to Couric"s efforts to obtain funds for cancer care and research in Virginia.