Chet Huntley
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Huntley in 1968
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Chester Robert Huntley December 10, 1911 Cardwell, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | March 20, 1974 (aged 62) Big Sky, Montana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Years active | 1934–1970 |
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Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.
Huntley was born in Cardwell, Montana, the only son and oldest of four children born to Percy Adams Huntley and Blanche Wadine (née Tatham) Huntley. His father was a telegraph operator for the Northern Pacific Railway, and young Chet was born in Cardwell depot's living quarters. Owing to the railroad's seniority system, wherein employees with longer tenure could "bump" newer employees, the family moved often, living in Cardwell, Saco, Willow Creek, Logan, Big Timber, Norris, Whitehall, and Three Forks when he was a child.
He graduated from Whitehall High School in Whitehall, and attended Montana State College in Bozeman, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle before graduating from the University of Washington in 1934, with a degree in speech and drama.
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