UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 24, Page 3
March 19, 1992
Journalist Edwin Newman to speak at '92 Commencement

     Edwin Newman, longtime television news correspondent,  journalist and
commentator on the English language, will speak at Commencement, on Saturday,
May 30, in Delaware Stadium.
     Newman retired from NBC News in 1984 after 35 years with the network.
During his career, he headed NBC bureaus in London, Rome and Paris, reported
from three dozen countries and anchored every kind of news program the
network produced.
     Newman has moderated two presidential debates, the first Ford-Carter
appearance in 1976 and the second Reagan-Mondale face-off in 1984.
     Newman has worked with the NBC Religious Broadcast Unit and for NBC
Sports, and he was the host for broadcasts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He also has appeared on "Saturday Night Live."
     A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Newman began his journalism
career in Washington, D.C., in 1941. He first worked for the International
News Service and then for United Press. After serving with the Navy during
World War II, he returned to wire service and newspaper reporting until 1947,
when he became a news writer at CBS in Washington. He began working for NBC
in London in 1949.
     His columns on a variety of subjects have appeared in many American,
British and Canadian publications, including Reader's Digest, TV Guide,
Esquire, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Geo, Newsweek, Saturday
Review, Psychology Today and Punch.
     After his retirement from NBC, Newman became a twice-monthly columnist
for King Features Syndicate. He is active on the lecture circuit and has
continued to work in television, anchoring numerous programs on PBS and has
appeared on cable television.
     Newman lives in New York City.