Background
Hackes, Peter Sidney was born on June 2, 1924 in New York City. Son of John R. and Ruth (Misch) Hackes.
Hackes, Peter Sidney was born on June 2, 1924 in New York City. Son of John R. and Ruth (Misch) Hackes.
Bachelor of Arts, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1948; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1967; Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1949; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Newberry College, South Carolina., 1967.
With radio stations in, New York, Iowa, Ohio and Kentucky, 1947-1952; Washington correspondent, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1952-1955; Washington correspondent, NBC, 1955-1986; Department Defense correspondent, NBC, 1956-1967; anchorman, NBC World News Roundup, 1957-1961. Assignments included White House (Eisenhower through Reagan), House and Senate, 14 National Presidential nominating conversations, every United States manned spaceflight from monkey experiments into shuttle series, Cuban missile crisis, Nixon resignation and Watergate coverup trial, Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
World board governors United Service Organizations. Board directors Wolf Trap Farm Park, Performing Arts, 1975-1978. Member trustees council Metropolitan Washington The Young Men's Christian Association.
Commissioner National Commission Fire Prevention and Control, 1971-1973. Board visitors Defense Information School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana Captain United States Naval Reserve (retired). Member American Federation of television and Radio Artists (national board), Screen Actors Guild, Armed Forces Broadcasters Association (board directors), Radio-television News Directors Association, National Space Club (founding member), Broadcast Pioneers, Washington Quarter Century Broadcasters, Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barbership Quartet Singing in American.
Children: Pamela T. Hackes Thurston, Carole A. Hackes Duckett, Peter Quinn. Married Jessie Malkoff, 1982. 1 stepchild, Jennifer A. Halpern.