Brian Williams (news anchor)
| Brian Williams | |
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Williams in 2011
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| Born |
Brian Douglas Williams May 5, 1959 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Mater Dei High School |
| Alma mater |
George Washington University (no degree) The Catholic University of America (no degree) |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Employer |
General Electric (1993–2013) Comcast (2013–present) |
| Television |
NBC News reporter (1993–2004) NBC Nightly News weekend anchor (1993–1999) NBC Nightly News anchor (2004–2015) MSNBC anchor (2015–present) The 11th Hour anchor (2016–present) |
| Term | Anchor of NBC Nightly News |
| Predecessor | Tom Brokaw |
| Successor | Lester Holt |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Gillan Stoddard (1986–present) |
| Children |
Allison Douglas |
| Parents |
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| Awards |
12 News and Documentary Emmy Awards George Polk Award duPont-Columbia University Award Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism |
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist at NBC News, currently serving as chief anchor on the cable network MSNBC and host of the network's nightly flagship program, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.
Williams is known for his ten years as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network. Six months after Williams joined the program in December 2004, NBC News was awarded the Peabody Award for its coverage of the Hurricane Katrina story. In February 2015, Williams was suspended for six months, and eventually demoted from the Nightly News for "misrepresent[ing] events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003."
Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Williams was raised in a "boisterous" Irish Catholic home. He is the son of Dorothy May (née Pampel) and Gordon Lewis Williams, who was an executive vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association, in New York. His mother was an amateur stage actress. Williams is the youngest of four siblings. He lived in Elmira, New York, for nine years before moving to Middletown Township, New Jersey, when he was in junior high school.
Williams graduated from Mater Dei High School, a Roman Catholic high school in the New Monmouth, section of Middletown. While in high school, he was a volunteer firefighter for three years at the Middletown Township Fire Department. Also while in high school, he was the editorial editor for the school newspaper. He suffered an accident during a football game which left him with a crooked nose. His first job was as a busboy at Perkins Pancake House.
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