Morton Dean

Morton Dean
Born
Morton Dean Dubitsky[1]

(1935-08-22) August 22, 1935 (age 89)[2]
Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationEmerson College
Occupations
Years active1957–present
Notable credits
Spouses
  • Valerie Carter (m. 1965; div. ?)
  • Lonnie Reed (m. April 21, 1984; div. 1996)
Children
  • Adam (son)
  • Sarah (daughter)
  • Jennie (daughter)

Morton Dean Dubitsky (born August 22, 1935), better known as Morton Dean, is an American television and radio anchor, news correspondent and author.

Dean is a former weekend news anchor for CBS Evening News, as well as ABC's Good Morning America.[3]

While a correspondent for CBS News for 20 years and ABC News for 14 years, his many assignments included the U.S. space program,[4] political campaigns and the Vietnam War.[5]

Dean reported on the Invasion of Grenada, the Falklands War and Cuba from the early days of the Castro regime up to the present. He reported on Iran during the hostage crisis, from Somalia during the U.S. intervention, the turmoil in Israel and the Palestinian Territory and the military action in Kosovo involving U.S. Marines. He covered Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the NATO air attacks in Belgrade, the terror bomb blast on the USS Cole bombing in Yemen, the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi and the U.S. retaliation in Sudan, as well as the first terrorist attacks on World Trade Center in 1993.[6]

Dean is the author of two books and writer and director[7] of American Medevac, a documentary which reconnects medevac crew members with some of the service members they had rescued during the Vietnam War.[8]

Dean received numerous awards for his reporting, including a National Emmy Award, an Overseas Press Club Award and a UPI Golden Mike.[9]

  1. ^ "Alumni Award Winners". Emerson College. 2017-06-04. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  2. ^ "Morton Dean". IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ Krinsky, Alissa (September 30, 2009). "Morton Dean: TV News 'Spiraling Down Into a Deep, Dark Ravine'". Adweek. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ Welch, Brian (June 12, 2006). "Space Shuttles". HistoryNet. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. ^ Dean, Morton (December 2015). "What Ever Happened to the Men of Hawk Hill?". Air & Space Magazine. Smithsonian. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. ^ Hill, Michael (July 14, 1987). "Morton Dean's Escape Act : Ex-CBS Newscaster Sitting Pretty". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2024-09-06. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Vietnam Medevac". www.vietnammedevac.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. ^ Schwark, Kelly (May 23, 2014). "Morton Dean Uncovers Heroes Among Us: Documentary Vietnam Medevac". HamiltonHub. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. ^ "RidgefieldAuthors - Dean, Morton". ridgefieldauthors.wikispaces.com. RidgefieldAuthors. Retrieved 21 August 2016.