George Herman

George Herman

George Edward Herman (January 14, 1920 - February 8, 2005) was a veteran CBS journalist. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1941, and received a Master's degree in journalism in 1942 from Columbia University.

Herman traveled to Asia in 1949 with a 16mm camera and audio recorder, and provided CBS with its first sound-and-film reports from overseas. He was CBS television correspondent during the Korean War before returning to the United States as CBS White House correspondent for the Eisenhower and Kennedy admimistrations. He made several appearances as an interviewer during the 1950s on the news show, "Longines Chronoscope" with Larry Leseuer. Herman was also the first reporter to broadcast coverage of the break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in 1972. Herman was a long standing moderator for the Face the Nation program and interviewed hundreds of politicians and celebrities, including Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran and Muhammad Ali. He also made several appearances on the "CBS Evening News" as a correspondent.

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