Legendary journalist headlines November scholarship event
CLEVELAND — Ted Koppel, a journalist who has embodied the term “eyewitness to history” over a more than 50-year career, will be the keynote speaker at the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation’s 2016 Presidential Scholarship Luncheon.
The event to benefit student scholarships at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel on Public Square.
Since its inception in 1992, the Presidential Scholarship Luncheon has raised more than $16 million to help Tri-C students with financial need pursue higher education and achieve their dreams.
“Scholarships created through the luncheon change lives,” said Richard Chiricosta, chairperson of the Tri-C Foundation. “Supporters of the event provide critically needed funds for those who might otherwise be unable to afford a college education.”
Koppel adds to the list of distinguished speakers to headline the Presidential Scholarship Luncheon, joining journalists Tom Brokaw, Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and Tim Russert.
Koppel has had a front-row seat to history while covering stories such as President John F. Kennedy’s funeral and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march and has reported from battlefields in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Iraq.
Over the course of 26 years as anchor and managing editor of ABC’s Nightline, Koppel became the longest-serving news anchor in American broadcast history. The award-winning journalist spent 42 years reporting news for the network.
Since leaving ABC, Koppel has produced documentaries for the Discovery Network and worked as a special correspondent for BBC America and the NBC news magazine program Rock Center.
He’s also an author, with his most recent book climbing into The New York Times Best Seller list. Koppel is also a contributing columnist to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
“Ted Koppel has reported on nearly every significant news event of the past half century,” said Megan O‘Bryan, vice president of development and the Tri-C Foundation. “We’re honored to welcome him to our annual luncheon to share his experiences and support scholarships.”
For ticket information, call the Tri-C Foundation at 216-987-4868.
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