Description: (Journalist Best Known for His Long Tenure on the News Magazine '60 Minutes')
Morley Safer was a renowned broadcast journalist and correspondent for CBS News, famous for his extensive tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes. Throughout his remarkable 60-year career, Safer was honored with 12 Emmys, a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, three Overseas Press Awards, three Peabody Awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, and the Paul White Award. His valuable papers were contributed to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and he was recognized by the executive producer of 60 Minutes as a significant figure in CBS News history.