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  20/20: Hugh Downs on WCHS-TV8
Hugh Downs, one of the most familiar American television figures in the history of the medium, was the co-anchor of ABC News' 20/20, the prime-time weekly newsmagazine program.
Downs was the recipient of the Carr Van Anda Award for "enduring contribution to journalism" from the Ohio University School of Journalism and received the Emerson College Joseph E. Connor Award.
Downs is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, Chairman of the Board of the United States Committee for UNICEF, Trustee of the Menninger Foundation, and has served as a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advisory Council.
www.wchstv.com /abc/2020/hughdowns.shtml   (1213 words)

  
 Corporate Speakers - Speaker Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs, one of the most familiar American television figures in the history of the medium, is the co-anchor of ABCNEWS’ 20/20, the primetime newsmagazine program.
Downs has lectured throughout the country on a wide range of subjects, including the quality of life, energy, the role of the communicator in environmental concerns, the exploration of space and aging in America.
Downs’ most recent book is Perspectives, a wide-ranging collection of more than 50 of his most interesting, informative and entertaining essays, adapted from his ten-minute radio broadcasts of the same name on the ABC Radio Network.
www.corporateartists.com /speaker_hugh_downs.html   (1317 words)

  
 Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Hugh Downs is one of the most familiar American figures in the history of television.
For years Hugh was co-anchor of the ABC news program, 20/20 and in 1989 celebrated 50 years in broadcasting.
In addition to Hugh's visibility as a national television figure, he is very creative and is a published composer, and has a long-standing interest in astronomy.
www.asu.edu /clas/communication/about/hughdowns   (335 words)

  
 Booking Agency for Hugh Downs for your Party or Event
A selection of Hugh Downs’ widely acclaimed adventure stories and travels around the globe — trademarks of his 17 years with the broadcast — was a special segment included in a two-hour retrospective program in 1988, marking the tenth anniversary of 20/20.
Hugh Downs has lectured throughout the country on a wide range of subjects, including the quality of life, energy, the role of the communicator in environmental concerns, the exploration of space and aging in America.
Hugh Downs’ most recent book is Perspectives, a wide-ranging collection of more than 50 of his most interesting, informative and entertaining essays, adapted from his ten-minute radio broadcasts of the same name on the ABC Radio Network.
www.nationalacts.com /speakers/hugh_downs.htm   (1251 words)

  
 Hugh Downs - Premiere Speakers Bureau
Hugh Downs, one of the most familiar American television figures in the history of the medium, was anchor for ABC News’ 20/20 from 1978 to 1999, concentrating on issues of medicine, science, family, adventure, aging, space and the arts.
Downs has received was one for his work as host of the PBS program “Over Easy”; a daytime Emmy Award for “Live from Lincoln Center”, which he hosted for a decade; and for a 1989 in-depth interview with Patty Duke about her struggle with manic depression.
Downs with their 1991 National Media Award for “excellence in long-term health care reporting” for his 20/20 segment on the problems families face when attempting to place loved ones in quality-care nursing homes.
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 Hugh Downs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Downs was born in Akron, Ohio and educated at Bluffton College, a Mennonite school in Bluffton, Ohio, and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan during the period 1938 to 1941.
Downs served briefly in the U.S. Army in 1943 and then joined the NBC radio network at WMAQ in Chicago as an announcer, where he lived until 1954.
Downs was a special consultant to the United Nations for refugee problems from 1961-64 and served as Chairman of the Board of the United States Committee for UNICEF.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Downs   (1024 words)

  
 Advocates for Self-Government - Libertarian Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
From 1978-1999, Downs was the co-host of the high-rated news magazine 20/20, sharing the stage with Barbara Walters and libertarian commentator John Stossel.
Downs won an Emmy Award in 1988; was named Broadcaster of the Year by the International Radio and Television Society in 1990; and was honored by the Museum of Broadcast Communications in 1995.
Downs has written 10 books, including an autobiography, Yours Truly, Hugh Downs (1960); a positive look at aging, Fifty to Forever (1994); a collection of radio essays, Perspectives (1995); a look at his TV career, On Camera: My 10,000 Hours on Television (1986); and a collection of science articles, Rings Around Tomorrow (1970).
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 LP News May97 - Hugh Downs praises Libertarian Party
Hugh Downs, co-host of the highly rated "20/20" news program, made those comments on the March 31 broadcast of "Politically Incorrect," ABC TV's sardonic, late-night look at current events.
Downs responded: "They always point back to the party of Lincoln -- you know, as though Lincoln would be a Republican [today].
Interestingly, Downs' "Politically Incorrect" comments were not the first time the newsman has praised the LP and criticized the Republicans and Democrats.
www.lp.org /lpn/9705-Downs.html   (452 words)

  
 Downs, Hugh
Hugh Downs, a venerable and extremely affable television host, is known for telegraphing intelligence, patience, and decency.
Downs began his broadcasting career as a radio announcer at age 18 in Lima, Ohio, moving later to NBC Chicago as a staff announcer.
Downs' reassuring, professional manner in the roles of announcer, sidekick, host, and anchor is unrivaled in U.S. television.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/D/htmlD/downshugh/downshugh.htm   (845 words)

  
 Hugh Downs Hosts Roundtable Discussion With UK Students
Hugh Downs, who left "20/20" in September 1999, is one of the most familiar American television news personalities in the history of the medium.
Downs was in Lexington to speak at the 16th annual UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Foundation dinner at Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington.
Downs, who left "20/20" in September 1999, is one of the most familiar American television news personalities in the history of the medium.
www.uky.edu /PR/News/Archives/2002/Sept2002/hughdowns.htm   (396 words)

  
 Hugh Downs professional speaker
Downs was host of NBC’s TODAY Show from 1962 to 1971, interviewing statesmen and leaders from around the world.
Downs lectures at Arizona State University and throughout the country on a wide range of subjects.
Downs has chaired the Research and Education Committee of the Geriatrics Advisory Council of Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College, chairs the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, is chair emeritus of the United States Fund for UNICEF.
www.goodmanspeakersbureau.com /biographies/downs_hugh.htm   (847 words)

  
 Hugh Downs Speaker - Booking Keynote Speaker for Corporate, Meeting Event - Contact Hugh Downs
Downs went into the field to report news features for 20/20, concentrating on issues of science, medicine, children, aging, adventure, the fine arts, and family.
Downs was the host of NBC's Today show for nine years.
Downs also has a hand in shaping the next generation of communicators.
www.grabow.biz /printable_pages/HughDowns.htm   (309 words)

  
 Hugh Downs -- Speakers-Network
Hugh Downs has enjoyed a distinguished 64-year career in radio and television as a reporter, newscaster, interviewer, narrator and host.
Downs left "20/20" in September 1999 to write and lecture.
Downs is the author of ten books, including his autobiography Yours Truly, Hugh Downs.
www.speakers-network.com /speakers/speaker.asp?id=14   (573 words)

  
 Hugh Downs Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Downs was not a career game show host, yet he was emcee for NBC's "Concentration" for 11 years from 1958-69.
Downs has continued to be adventuresome, as in a "20/20" segment in which he dove into a cage with a great white shark in Australia.
Downs anchored a 1990 ABC News special entitled "Depression: Beyond the Darkness" and has often participated in programs which discuss and investigate how our future will be affected by the mishandling of the environment.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/189706   (582 words)

  
 Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs before taking his position as Celebrity Grand Marshall in the Phoenix's 2003 Veterans Day Parade.
Hugh Downs, a descendant of Davey Crockett, clocked the most hours on network commercial television according to the 1985 Guinness Book of World Records.
Hugh started his career as announcer for a one toothed dragon, a blond and a bald kid--Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947-1957).
www.doney.net /aroundaz/celebrity/downs_hugh.htm   (191 words)

  
 Mike Wallace, Hugh Downs: Game Show Hosts
By ROGER M. ABC News anchor John Daly and his NBC counterpart, John Cameron Swayze, subjects of last week’s scribblings, were not the only news personalities of the 1950s and ’60s to be associated with game shows.
Hugh Downs is a journalist held in high esteem by the public.
He and Barbara Walters were teamed as co-hosts on that show for the last 14 years of Downs’ tour of duty.
www.metnews.com /articles/reminiscing022003.htm   (753 words)

  
 Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors and an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors for the National Space Society (NSS).
Hugh Downs is retired from his role as one of the most familiar American television figures in the history of the medium.
He is Chairman of the Board of the United States Committee for UNICEF, Trustee of the Menninger Foundation, and has served as a member of the NASA Advisory Council.
www.nss.org /about/bios/downs.html   (461 words)

  
 Hugh Downs? - THR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I have a tape recording made by Downs wherein he supports the decriminalization of Marijuana.
IIRC, Hugh Downs goes back quite a ways with support for guns and by extension RKBA.
Hugh Downs for the new NRA Grand Pubah -- that would make 'em look and listen.
www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=3029   (713 words)

  
 Hugh Downs commentary on hemp
Now that the drug czar is in final retreat, America has an opportunity to, once and for all, say farewell to the Exxon Valdez, Saddam Hussein and a prohibitively expensive brinkmanship in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.
This is Hugh Downs, ABC News, New York.
The purpose of this book is to revive the authoritative historical, social and economic perspective needed to ensure comprehensive legal reforms, abolish cannabis hemp/marijuana prohibition laws, and save the Earth's life systems.
www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/hemp/downs2.htm   (1844 words)

  
 AMPEX UNIT iNEXTV PREMIERES "CONVERSATIONS WITH HUGH DOWNS: VALUES IN AMERICA" ON MONDAY JUNE 11
Guests get candid with Hugh Downs on various topics about American values, including violence and sex in the media, political ethics and the racial divide.
CONVERSATIONS WITH HUGH DOWNS: Values in America is scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 11 on-demand at www.iNEXTV.com and throughout iNEXTV's distribution network, which comprises some of the Web's best known sites including Yahoo!
Downs will be available for interviews in NYC on June 5-7.
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 Book Hugh Downs Speaker Keynote Speaking Engagement, Corporate Event - Your Booking Agent for Hugh Downs
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If so, then it s likely you stumbled upon Marshall McLuhan s theory that television is a "cool" medium, in which laid back, guy-next-door types can thrive for years without wearing out their welcomes, while "hot" stars with strong personalities alienate viewers quickly.
This explains why Jerry Lewis is only allowed on TV once a year, on a holiday weekend when most people are at the beach anyway, while the almost pod-person-like Hugh Downs is in the Guinness Book of World Records for logging the most hours on network commercial TV.
Read the copious liner notes, which detail Hugh s many accomplishments: skin diver, astronomer, antique gun and furniture authority, student of American history, mental health volunteer, composer, pianist, guitarist, artist, amateur physicist, hi-fi set builder, double-naught spy...the list goes on and on.
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 Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Hugh Downs, Speaker On: Media / Broadcast / Print, Health, Family, Relationships, ...
Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Hugh Downs, Speaker On: Media / Broadcast / Print, Health, Family, Relationships, Journalism
His other books include "On Camera: My 10,000 Hours on Television;" "The Best Years Book" and "Fifty to Forever," manuals on planning for later years; "Perspectives," a wide-ranging collection of radio commentaries he broadcast on ABC network radio; and "Pure Gold," a book on marital longevity Downs co-wrote with his wife.
His most recent book, "My America: What My Country Means to Me," is an anthology of 150 essays from prominent Americans following the 9-11 tragedy of 2001.
www.speaking.com /speakers/hughdowns.html   (563 words)

  
 America Held Prisoner by Hugh Downs
Remember, by the year 2000 we will have more prisoners than all the Nazi concentration camps combined.
Schaffer's prediction seems almost incredible, but one look down the street will convince almost anybody that America is a dangerous place.
Many foreign governments routinely issue warnings to their traveling citizens that America is a dangerous place.
www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/MISC/downshow.htm   (1587 words)

  
 eReader.com: Author: Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs, one of the most recognized figures in American television, coanchored ABC's 20/20, hosted NBC's Today show for nine years, and was Jack Paar's sidekick for five years on NBC's Tonight Show.
He received multiple Emmy awards throughout his career and is the author of nine books.
Notify me when new books by Hugh Downs are released.
www.ereader.com /author/detail/5624   (93 words)

  
 Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
HDSHC Associate Professor Dr. Sarah Tracy is recognized by President Michael Crow as one of ASU’s 2006 Exemplar Scholars for 2006.
Pauline Davies, Professor of Practice with The Hugh Downs School, has been awarded the Bronze World Medal in the New York Festival...
HDSHC Professor Ben Broome's recent offering, Building Bridges Across the Green Line, seeks to go beyond the politics and conspiracies as described by The United Nations Development Programme...
www.asu.edu /clas/communication   (151 words)

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