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November 16, 2000 - VOL. 27, NO. 23
UT receives Robert Trout papers
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A new exhibit about journalists working during the era of the Allied invasion of Normandy on 'D-Day' -- June 6, 1944, included a visit to campus on Nov. 10 by news personalities Walter Cronkite and Andy Rooney. The event on the eve of Veterans Day celebrated the opening of the Center for American History's exhibit on the Robert Trout Papers, which journalist Robert Trout recently donated to the center.
Trout, known as 'The Iron Man of Radio,' announced the news for the invasion over CBS radio from New York City. He started in radio on a dare and soon emerged on the leading edge of broadcast history. Trout was the first to report live congressional hearings, to transmit from an airplane in flight and to broadcast a daily news program. He was instrumental in the development of news broadcasting techniques and in the creation of the role of news 'anchorman.' Too ill to travel for the event, Trout died Nov. 14 at the age of 91. Cronkite and Rooney, whose papers also are housed at the center, presented a private lecture on campus the evening of Nov. 10. During WW II, Cronkite flew with the U.S. Eighth Air Force from England as a reporter for the United Press, and Rooney was a writer for Stars and Stripes. |
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