Edward R. Murrow, Washington State College
graduating class of 1930.

               Edward R. Murrow (Egbert Roscoe Murrow)

                            (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965)

Edward R. Murrow was a broadcast journalist known for his series of radio
news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of
listeners in the United States.

A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV
news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Edward R. Murrow on See It Now, CBS