Howard K. Smith
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Howard K. Smith (left) and William Lawrence, 1968.
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Howard Kingsbury Smith May 12, 1914 Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 2002 (aged 87) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Years active | 1940–2000 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Benedicte Traberg Smith (1942–2002, his death) |
| Children | Jack P. Smith (1945–2004) Catherine H. Smith (born 1953) |
| Parent(s) | Howard K. Smith and Minnie Gates Smith |
Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 – February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original Edward R. Murrow boys.
Smith was born in Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana near Natchez, Mississippi, to Howard K. Smith, a nightwatchman descended from a poor but "gentleman-farming" family in Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish north of the capital city of Baton Rouge, and the former Minnie Gates, the daughter of a Cajun riverboat pilot.
Smith worked his way through Tulane University in New Orleans, having studied German and journalism. After his graduation in 1936, with both Bachelor of Arts degrees, he signed on as a deckhand with a ship bound for Germany, where he briefly studied at Heidelberg University. In 1936, he spent a year as a reporter in New Orleans before securing a Rhodes Scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1939. Smith became active in student politics, mostly protesting Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's seemingly soft attitude toward Nazism. While at Oxford, he was the first American ever to chair the Oxford University Labour Club.
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