David Schoumacher

David Schoumacher (he pronounced his name /ˈʃuːmeɪʃər/ shoo-may-shər; born October 13, 1935) was a newspaper and television journalist. He was also a television anchor in Washington D.C. from the 1950s until he retired.^[1] His newspaper journalism career was some twenty years from the 1950s to '70s, and then he became a television journalist, a correspondent on the Vietnam War, the Watergate Trials, and even interviewing astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.

As a reporter, Schoumacher worked for CBS, ABC, and finally WJLA-TV 7, a local channel in Washington and ABC affiliate. He worked for WJLA-TV from 1976 to 1988.

He also hosted the telecourse series Economics U$A in 1985, covering macro- and microeconomics with the help of Richard T. Gill and Nariman Behravesh, economic analysts.

Family

Schoumacher has four children by his first wife, Sharon Gay Schoumacher, whom he married in 1955 – Robert, Linda, Janet, and Karen. Each of them is married with two or more children, giving Schoumacher eleven grandchildren. Schoumacher divorced Sharon and remarried three times. His current (fourth) wife, Elizabeth "Wooz" Schoumacher, lives with him on their farm in Hume, where they raise Devon grass-fed cows.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916309-2,00.html – "Those Affluent Anchors," July 17, 1978 Time article
2. ^ interviews with Schoumacher and family members

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