John Martin September 26, 2017 Interviewed by Jane Meyers for San Diego State University 01:54:38 Hrs:Min:Sec of Recording Transcribed by Jardee Transcription
John Martin September 26, 2017 interviewed by Jane Meyers for San Diego State University 01:54:38 hrs:min:sec of recording Transcribed by Jardee Transcription Meyers: Today is Tuesday, September 26, 2017. I am Jane Meyers, and today I will be recording the oral history of John Martin, eminent alumnus of San Diego State University, Class of 1960. This oral history for the SDSU Special Collections and University Archives is funded by the Jane and John Adams Humanities Grant. John was born in New York City, grew up in San Diego, and graduated from Saint Augustin High School. While at San Diego State, he majored in journalism, became a reporter for The Aztec, and then the managing editor. After graduating, he served in the Army, where he worked at night as copy editor for The Augusta Chronicle; then reporter for the Army publication, Rome [phonetic] Interview, and became editor of the Army weekly, The Jayhawk. During his time in the Army, he reported on the Kennedy assassination in 1963. After John completed his military service, he worked in Paris for The New York Times, and in Spain where he wrote a travel guide. Returning to the United States, John worked from 1966 to 1975 as a correspondent for KRCA News in Sacramento. From 1975 until 2002, he worked for ABC News, where he soon showed his reporting and writing expertise as a national and international correspondent, working with David Brinkley, Ted Koppel, and Peter Jennings. In 1983 he successfully uncovered the story of notorious Nazi fugitive, Klaus Barbie. John Martin, 9/26/17, Draft 1, Page 1 [00:01:39] Martin’s documentary-style, on-air obituaries of famous people in politics, entertainment, and sports, such as Henry Fonda, Edith Head, Anwar Sadat, and Leonid Brezhnev, reviewed and captured each life.
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