Scott Simon
Birth Name:
Scott Simon
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- His radio show "Weekend Edition with Scott Simon" on NPR has won numerous awards such as the Peabody, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award and many more
- For his coverage of the civil war and famine in Ethiopia, he received the Presidential End Hunger Award and a citation from the Peabody Awards
- For his gourmet article "Conflict Cuisine," he won a James Beard Award
- Attended the University of Chicago and McGill University, and has received numerous honorary degrees throughout the years
- Quote: "We love our first daughter so much that we wanted to get her the best present in the world - a sister to come along for the ride․"
- Quote: "Race, blood, lineage and nationality don't matter․ They're just the way small minds keep score․ All that matters about blood is that it's warm and beats to her loving heart․"
- A respected journalist and broadcaster, he has reported from all of America's fifty states, five continents and on ten separate wars
- While in London with his wife and daughter, they were contacted by Scotland Yard and ate at the Itsu Rushi restaurant where former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko contracted fatal polonium-210 poisoning