Children with Frankie Childers: Jilian (stepdaughter), Lisa.
Children with Mary Weaver: Jeffrey, Steven.
He joined CBS News in 1948. There, he directed the first network TV newscast (May 3, 1948). He pioneered the use of cue cards by anchors, as well as the use of words superimposed on the TV screen during a newscast.
He served in the merchant marines during WWII.
He dropped out of college to become a copy boy at the New York Herald Tribune.