Background
Lehrer, Jim was born on May 19, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Harry Frederick and Lois Catherine (Chapman) Lehrer.
Lehrer, Jim was born on May 19, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Harry Frederick and Lois Catherine (Chapman) Lehrer.
Associate of Arts, Victoria College, Texas, 1954. BJ, University Missouri, 1956.
Reporter Dallas Morning News, 1959—1961. Reporter, columnist, city editor Dallas Times Herald, 1961—1970. Executive producer, correspondent Station KERA-television, Dallas, 1970—1972.
Public affairs coordinator Public Broadcasting Service, Washington, 1972—1973, co-anchored The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, 1975—1995, executive editor, anchor The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, since 1995. Instructor creative writing Dallas College, Southern Methodist University, 1967—1968. Moderator of presidential debates, 1988, 92, 96, 2000, 04, 08.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1956-1959.
Fellow: Society of America Historians, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: Council Foreign Relations, Texas Institute Letters, Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild.
Married Kate Staples, June 4, 1960. Children: Jamie, Lucy, Amanda.