DIANE SAWYER
Name: Diane Sawyer
Birth name: Lila Diane Sawyer
Born: 22 December 1945 Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.
Lila Diane Sawyer born December 22, 1945 is a television reporter for the U.S.
network ABC News and co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, along with Robin
Roberts. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by
Ladies Home Journal.
Diane Sawyer was born Lila Diana Sawyer on December 22, 1945 in Glasgow,
Kentucky. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Louisville, where her father,
Erbon Powers "Tom" Sawyer, rose to local prominence as a politician and
community leader. E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, located in the Frey's Hill area
of Louisville, is named in his honor. She attended Seneca High School in the
Buechel area of Louisville. In 1963, she won the "America's Junior Miss"
scholarship pageant as a representative from the State of Kentucky. In 1967 she
received her English degree at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
After briefly attending law school at the University of Louisville, Sawyer
served as a local TV news reporter for WLKY-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1970,
White House press secretary Ron Ziegler hired her to serve in the administration
of President Richard Nixon. Sawyer stayed on through his resignation in 1974,
worked on the transition team between Nixon and Gerald Ford in 1975, and
assisted Nixon with his memoirs. Years later, Sawyer would be suspected as the
source of leaks of classified information to Bob Woodward (nicknamed "Deep
Throat" by Woodward) during the Watergate scandal. However, she was one of six
people to request and receive a public denial from Bob Woodward[1].
Sawyer (far right) with former First Lady Nancy Reagan in Mrs. Reagan's office,
May 2007
In 1978, Sawyer joined CBS as a political correspondent, becoming a co-anchor
with Bill Kurtis of the CBS Morning News in 1981. In 1984, she became a
correspondent for 60 Minutes, where she stayed for five years. In 1989, she
moved to ABC to co-anchor Primetime Live with Sam Donaldson. In 1999, Sawyer
returned to morning news under a lucrative contract to become the co-anchor of
Good Morning America, along with Charles Gibson. The assignment was putatively
temporary, but her success in the position, measured by a close in the gap with
front-runner Today Show, has resulted in her staying in the position longer than
anticipated.
Name: Diane Sawyer
Birth name: Lila Diane Sawyer
Born: 22 December 1945 Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.
Lila Diane Sawyer born December 22, 1945 is a television reporter for the U.S.
network ABC News and co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, along with Robin
Roberts. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by
Ladies Home Journal.
Diane Sawyer was born Lila Diana Sawyer on December 22, 1945 in Glasgow,
Kentucky. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Louisville, where her father,
Erbon Powers "Tom" Sawyer, rose to local prominence as a politician and
community leader. E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, located in the Frey's Hill area
of Louisville, is named in his honor. She attended Seneca High School in the
Buechel area of Louisville. In 1963, she won the "America's Junior Miss"
scholarship pageant as a representative from the State of Kentucky. In 1967 she
received her English degree at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
After briefly attending law school at the University of Louisville, Sawyer
served as a local TV news reporter for WLKY-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1970,
White House press secretary Ron Ziegler hired her to serve in the administration
of President Richard Nixon. Sawyer stayed on through his resignation in 1974,
worked on the transition team between Nixon and Gerald Ford in 1975, and
assisted Nixon with his memoirs. Years later, Sawyer would be suspected as the
source of leaks of classified information to Bob Woodward (nicknamed "Deep
Throat" by Woodward) during the Watergate scandal. However, she was one of six
people to request and receive a public denial from Bob Woodward[1].
Sawyer (far right) with former First Lady Nancy Reagan in Mrs. Reagan's office,
May 2007
In 1978, Sawyer joined CBS as a political correspondent, becoming a co-anchor
with Bill Kurtis of the CBS Morning News in 1981. In 1984, she became a
correspondent for 60 Minutes, where she stayed for five years. In 1989, she
moved to ABC to co-anchor Primetime Live with Sam Donaldson. In 1999, Sawyer
returned to morning news under a lucrative contract to become the co-anchor of
Good Morning America, along with Charles Gibson. The assignment was putatively
temporary, but her success in the position, measured by a close in the gap with
front-runner Today Show, has resulted in her staying in the position longer than
anticipated.