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Jim Lehrer Biography

Birth Name:James Charles Lehrer

Birth Place:Wichita, Kansas, United States

Profession Writer, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999
  • Supports the Pacific Bus Museum in Williams, California and Pennsylvania's Museum of Bus Transportation
  • After earning degrees from Victoria College in Texas and the University of Missouri, Lehrer worked as a reporter for The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times-Herald, for which he would eventually become city editor
  • Known for his straight-forward, unbiased reporting style
  • Collects bus memorabilia, including antiques, signs and driver's caps
  • Has moderated 12 presidential candidate debates between 1988 and 2012