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 leaders 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 GWs 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 centurys 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 Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 am5
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.
Murrows 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
Institutions 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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