Edward R. Murrow's voice was a familiar one on radio during WWII. He reported the news from London as bombs rained down. From war-torn Europe he let Americans know how close to home the war was becoming. With his commanding voice and a cigarette in hand he came into our living rooms and informed us about the cutting edge news of the day.

Murrow was a pioneer in the new medium of television and he made it look easy. With style and wit he took to the air on CBS. He had a style that is still copied today by young journalists.

During the McCarthy era he took on Senator Joseph McCarthy and won. "No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices", this is what Murrow was quoted as saying about McCarthy. With television he created standards that still hold today. On his show "Person to Person", he took us to the home of Marilyn Monroe and many other celebrities. Television was new and Murrow knew how to work it.

During the 50's Murrow was a television favorite. It mattered little what type of news show he was on, a great majority of viewers tuned in. Murrow is a TV icon to an entire generation of 'baby-boomer. He was just one of many news anchors and correspondents pioneers that helped paved a way for this new medium of TV.

Edward R. Murrow was born Egbert Roscoe Murrow in Greensboro, N.C. on April 25, 1908. He later changed his first name in college. Married to Janet H. Brewster, they had one son, Casey.