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Aug. 27, 2002

GW, Smithsonian Associates Celebrate with CBS

Photo Exhibit, Interviews Scheduled for Network's 75th Anniversary

By Thomas Kohout

The George Washington University and the Smithsonian Associates will join CBS to celebrate the broadcasting leader’s 75th anniversary this fall. Beginning Sept. 3 and continuing through Oct. 18, the Luther Brady Art Gallery, located on the second floor of the Media and Public Affairs Building, will host an exhibition of photographs from the CBS Entertainment Archives entitled “AMERICA Through the CBS Eye.” In addition to the exhibition two extraordinary programs featuring interviews with leaders among the broadcast journalism vanguard — Walter Cronkite and Richard C. Hottelet — will be held this fall.

“This is a happy convergence for GW, CBS, and the Smithsonian Associates,” says Michael Freedman, GW vice president for communications and former general manager of CBS Radio Network News. “Through this unique partnership we will provide GW students and the greater Washington, DC community with a dramatic view of broadcast history and a rare opportunity to hear from two legends of the profession. As with CNN “Crossfire,” this exhibit will also cast a global spotlight on GW’s new media and public affairs offerings.”

The exhibition, curated by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer John Filo, director of photo operations at CBS, encompasses the most luminous among the 20th century’s popular icons. From Albert Einstein to Marilyn Monroe, from Will Rogers to Bette Davis, they all walked through the doors of the CBS studios.

Those moments, as well as nearly 150 others, will be on display in the Brady Gallery Tuesday’s through Friday’s from 10 am–5 pm. They will also be part of a special catalog GW is producing to make copies of the images on display available for sale. Catalogs will be on hand for gallery visitors.

The archetype of a news anchor, Cronkite comes to Washington Sept. 22 at 2 pm for an in-depth interview with Freedman from the stage of Lisner Auditorium. World War II correspondent and noted member of Edward R. Murrow’s team of correspondents known as “the Murrow Boys,” Hottelet will join Freedman for an evening of conversation about historic broadcasts, Oct. 10 at 6 pm in the S. Dillon Ripley Center, in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.

The evenings are part of the Smithsonian Associates Program and tickets are available by calling 357-3030. A limited number of free tickets for each event are available to members of the GW community. For more information about availability call 994-7129 or E-mail use@gwu.edu.

 

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