Brian Lamb Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2007, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• In 1997, he received the Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement
• Earned a degree in speech from Purdue University in 1963
• Before becoming involved with the news industry, he worked as a disc jockey and band drummer
• Is best known as the founder of the cable news network C-SPAN
• Escorted former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson down the aisle at the wedding of her daughter Lynda Johnson to Chuck Robb
• Worked at the Pentagon while serving in the U․S․ Navy