John Charles Daly, Jr. (1914-1991)
radio correspondent and news analyst, was born at Johannesburg, South Africa, and came to the United States in 1923. After attending Boston College, he joined the Columbia Broadcasting Company as a reporter and news commentator. He was White House correspondent and special events reporter from 1937 to 1941, and during and after World War II acted as correspondent for CBS in Europe, Africa, and South America.
In 1949 he joined the American Broadcasting Company in the same capacity and was vice president of that organization in charge of public affairs and sports until 1960. Daly achieved recognition for news broadcasts and a moderator of TV programs. He was director of the Voice of America, 1967-1968.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1780.
You can visit the memorial page for John Charles Daly Jr.
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