Opening Convocation of Five Towns College
...Rolland G. Smith Continued Prior to joining CBS, Rolland Smith worked for Metromedia Television in Washington, D.C., as White House and Capital Hill correspondent and was subsequently transferred to New York, as co-anchor of the WNEW- TV Ten O’Clock News, where he also served as an accredited United Nations Correspondent. In 1968, Smith reported from the front lines of the Vietnam War during the height of the Tet Offensive. His war zone coverage took him from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ, for Corinthian Broadcasting. Among his other memorable assignments, Smith has the distinction of being the first journalist to accompany the US Geological Survey Team inside Mt. St. Helens after the volcano erupted. He covered the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland the United States, and had an exclusive televised conversation with the Pope in Rome during coverage of a Vatican Consistory. Smith anchored separate town meetings with President George H.W. Bush and President Bill Clinton, and anchored the international broadcast of the 1985 Live Aid concert, among so much more. For his many contributions to society, culture, and for representing the broadcast journalism profession with honor and distinction, Five Towns College will bestow the Doctor of Humane Letters (D.H.L) honoris causa, upon Rolland G. Smith at the 44th Opening Convocation of Five Towns College. CORY ROONEY is a Grammy Award Winning American songwriter, record produc- er, and C.E.O. of Cory Rooney Group. He has written, produced, and developed many successful songs and careers for a literal “Who’s Who in the Music World,” thereby becoming one of the most influential voices in popular culture of our time.
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