Journalist Walter Cronkite will receive the 2004 Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor
Award.
Cronkite, who was the anchorman and managing editor of the CBS Evening News for nearly 20 years, was selected "because of his lifelong commitment and dedication to the high ideas of truth in broadcasting," said Karl Zobrist, president of the award foundation.
The award is meant to honor people in public life who have improved the community and the country through citizenship, patriotism, self-reliance and service.
It will be presented on May 7 as part of the Truman Foundation's annual luncheon in Kansas City, Mo. It will mark the 120th birthday of President Truman.
Previous recipients of the award include C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, former Senator and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, historian and Truman biographer David McCullough, scientist Jonas Salk, and former President Gerald Ford.
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