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 Former
presidential adviser David Gergen will interview Emmy Award-winning
broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Koury Center, located on the Elon University campus.
Cronkite will
spend most of the afternoon at Elon's School of Communications,
where he will be interviewed by Elon students as part of Elon's
ongoing Civil Rights documentary information gathering. He will
also answer reporters' questions at a press conference in McEwen's
Studio B.
Cronkite, 86,
who retired from CBS in 1981, has recently voiced his concern about
the war in Iraq. During a March 18 forum at Drew University in New
Jersey, Cronkite said the U.S. is setting a dangerous precedent
with its action. "I'm very disappointed that we've come to this
point," Cronkite said. He said he believes the war will take longer
and be more difficult than the Bush administration projects. "The
military is always more confident than circumstances show they should
be."
Cronkite's
career with CBS began in 1950 when he was hired as a reporter. He
became the evening news anchor in 1962, and in 1963, "The CBS Evening
News with Walter Cronkite" became network television's first half-hour
weeknight news broadcast. During his career, Cronkite covered some
of history's most important events, including the first man on the
moon, the Vietnam War, the assassination of President Kennedy, the
civil rights movement and Watergate. A major poll once named Cronkite
"the most trusted figure" in American life, and his newscasts were
often seen as a reflection of mainstream American thinking. Since
his retirement from CBS, Cronkite has remained active in broadcasting.
He has interviewed world leaders and broadcast special reports on
public education, terrorism, the legacy of Hiroshima and the 40th
anniversaries of D-Day and V-E Day.
In addition
to his ongoing assignments as a special CBS correspondent for space
and science programs, he hosts public affairs and cultural programs
for PBS.
Gergen served
in the White House as adviser to four presidents. He served as director
of communications for President Reagan and held positions in the
administrations of Presidents Nixon and Ford. He also served for
18 months in the Clinton administration, first as a counselor to
President Clinton and later as a special adviser to the president
and secretary of state. Currently, Gergen serves as editor-at-large
at U.S. News and World Report magazine. He also hosts "The World
at Large with David Gergen" and appears regularly as an analyst
on ABC's "Nightline," MSNBC's "Hardball" and CNN's "Larry
King."
Tickets
for the program are $10 or free with Elon identification. Tickets
may be purchased by calling the McCrary Theatre box office at (336)
278-5610. The box office is open from 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday
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