Background
Mudd, Roger Harrison was born on February 9, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Kostka and Irma Iris (Harrison) Mudd.
Mudd, Roger Harrison was born on February 9, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Kostka and Irma Iris (Harrison) Mudd.
AB, Washington and Lee University, 1950. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1953.
Teacher Darlington School, Rome, 1951—1952. Reporter Richmond News Leader, Virginia, 1953. News director Station WRNL, Richmond, 1953—1956.
Reporter radio and television Station WTOP, Washington, 1956—1961. Correspondent Columbia Broadcasting System, 1961—1980. Chief Washington correspondent NBC, 1980—1987.
Congressional correspondent MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, 1987—1992. Professor journalism Princeton University, 1992—1994, Washington & Lee University, 1995—1996.
Host The History Channel, 1995-2005.
Trustee Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1971-1978, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards Committee, 1971-1978, Blue Ridge School, Dyke, Virginia, 1978-1984. Board directors Fund for Investigative Journalism, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Faulkner, 1985-1992, Virginia Foundation for Humanities, Virginia History Society, 1988-1994, Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor Berlin Commission, 1996-1999, Virginia Foundation for Indiana Colleges, National Portrait Gallery Commission, Civil War Trust, 1999-1901. Chairman advisory committee Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2000-2006, Eudora Welty Foundation, since 2002.
Board directors Media General, 1998-1901. With Army of the United States, 1945-1947. Member Radio-television Corresponding Association (chairman executive committee 1969-1970), American Antiquarian Society.
Married Emma Jeanne Spears, October 26, 1957. Children: Daniel H., Maria M., Jonathan, Matthew M.