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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Frank Reynolds
FRANK REYNOLDS
Awarded by
President Ronald Reagan
May 23, 1985
Reporter and anchorman, family man and a patriot, Frank Reynolds' life exemplified the highest standards of his profession. His commitment to the truth, his unfailing sense of fairness, his long experience as both witness and participant in the great events of our time earned him the respect of his colleagues and the trust and admiration of the American people. We honor his memory for his aggressive but fair-minded reporting and devotion to profession, to family, and to country.
Frank Reynolds was a TV journalist for ABC. He was born November 29, 1923 and died from cancer on July 20, 1983. He served in the United States army but is best remembered as anchor of the ABC Evening News (now World News Tonight) from 1968-1970. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
He originally co-anchored with Howard K. Smith and later with Harry Reasoner who was fresh from CBS. After Reasoner and Barbara Walters ceased their anchor duties in 1978, Frank returned to the anchor chair for the now revamped ABC's World News Tonight with co-anchors Max Robinson (the first African American journalist to anchor on network TV) and Peter Jennings, who became the show's sole anchor after Reynold's death.
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