Richard Threlkeld

Richard Threlkeld

Richard Threlkeld (born November 30, 1937, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American television news correspondent who spent 25 years with CBS News.

Threlkeld grew up in Barrington, Illinois. He earned a degree in history and political science from Ripon College. He then earned a master's degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Threlkeld held positions at WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky and WMT-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He joined CBS News in 1966 and stayed there until December 1981, serving as co-anchor of the "CBS Morning News" (with Lesley Stahl) from 1977 to 1979. He then spent seven years with ABC News, returning to CBS in 1989 and remaining there until his retirement in 1999.

During his news career, Threlkeld covered the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. In the United States he covered such stories as the Robert F. Kennedy assassination and the Patty Hearst kidnapping, as well as numerous political campaigns.

Threlkeld's last assignment before retirement was as CBS News Moscow correspondent. His wife, Betsy Aaron, was CNN Moscow correspondent at the same time. He and his wife retired to Tucson, Arizona.

Threlkeld authored the book "Dispatches from the Former Evil Empire" in 2001.

External links

* [http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/alumni/hallofachievement.aspx?catid=489 Medill at Northwestern Hall of Achievement (Richard Threlkeld)]


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