1. Brian Williams
NBC TV News Anchorman

2. Facts about Brian Williams
He wrote press releases while a student at Catholic University.
He worked as a volunteer firefighter while in high school.
At the start of his career, he took a news reporting job in Pittsburg, KS, that paid him $146 per week.
He was named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee in 1996.
He writes a blog for MSNBC .com
He has won three Emmys for his broadcast reporting, in 1987, 1993 and 2001.

3. About Brian Williams
He is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News. Brian Williams replaced Tom Brokaw a previous anchorman to NBC news on December 2,2004. Brian Williams is the seventh anchor and managing editor in the history of NBC Nightly News.
He is married to wife Jane Stoddard Williams and they have two children. They live in New Cannan,Conneticut.
Brian Williams
Tom Brokaw

4. Williams early life Brain Brian Williams was born May 5,1959
Williams grew up in a Catholic home.
He graduated from Mater Dei, a Roman Catholic High School.
After high school he attended Brookdale Community College before transferring to George Washington University and then to Catholic University of America.

5. Wiliams early life continued....
He did not graduate, instead he took an internship with the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He now says that “leaving college is one of his great regrets.”
In 2004 he went back to the Catholic University of America and received an honorary doctorate as he delivered the keynote address at Providences college May 19, 2002 commencement, and in 2008 received an honorary Doctor of Journalism degree from Ohio State University.

6. Williams Acheivements
He has received…
Four Edward R. Murrow awards
His Fifth Emmy award
DuPont-Columbia University award
And he received the highest honor by getting the George Foster Peabody award. This award was given to him for covering the Hurricane Katrina story.
All of these awards were given to him during his second year on the job.

7. Achievements Continued…
In 2007 he was listed among Time magazines 100 most influential people in the world

8. Williams career timeline
1981: KOAM-TV
:WTTG-TV Correspondent
1985:Panorma Host
: WC AU-TV New Jersey Correspondent
: WCBS-TV Anchor of weekday noon and weekend night newscasts; reporter
:NBC News Correspondent
:NBC News White House Correspondent
:The News with Brian Williams anchor
2004-Now:NBC Nightly News anchor

9. WORK CITED http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Williams#Appearances