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Julius Kelton Hunter is an American former journalist and television news anchor, best known as a reporter/anchorman on two television stations in St. Louis: KSD-TV (now KSDK), the NBC affiliate in St. Louis and KMOX-TV, (now KMOV), the CBS affiliate in St. Louis. But while he achieved his greatest fame as a TV news reporter and anchorman from 1970 to 2002, he is also widely appreciated for his work as a teacher, civic leader, author, historian, newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, university administrator, police commissioner, musician and founder of an extensive African American Research Collection based at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters. ==Early life== Hunter was born in St. Louis to Van and Lena Hunter. Under the tutelage of an older brother, Van, Julius began reading by the age of three. With no books of note in the home, Van taught the boy, Julius, how to read using the local telephone directory and the labels on grocery items. Hunter says today about his early reading lessons, “It was ‘Hooked On Phonics’ before there was ‘Hooked On Phonics. “I still read every grocery can label in my kitchen pantry from time to time.”Too advanced for kindergarten, Julius’ entry level teachers at Cole Elementary School advanced him to second grade after just one semester in school. His first dictionary, given to him by his fourth grade teacher, Johnetta Jackson, sparked the boy Julius to love words and reading. “I read that dictionary like it was a novel,” he says. The boy Julius began piano lessons at age nine under the tutelage of Samuel Nicholas, a native of Guiana, and Music director for the three Black Lutheran churches in St. Louis: Holy Sacraments, St. Phillip’s, and Transfiguration – all churches in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. By age 16, Julius became organist and choirmaster at Holy Sacraments Lutheran Church, about the same time he was selected to be student director and accompanist of the Sumner High School, under the tutelage of the great Kenneth Brown Billups. Julius was elected president of his grade school, high school, and college senior classes. At Sumner High School, in addition to choral and instrumental music, he excelled in English, Spanish, Music and drama. In fact, at Sumner, Julius played the lead role in the student production of Molière’s The Miser. Hunter’s crowning glory at high school came when he singlehandedly wrote, produced, directed, and starred in a 90-minute Senior Class Day spoof based on popular TV programming in the early ‘60’s. The comical and highly acclaimed stage production was called “TV, Or Not TV?” At Harris Teachers College (now Harris-Stowe State University), Hunter continued to shine as a class leader and graduated with a B.A. Degree in Elementary School Education in 1965. In a college tradition of annual fraternity singing competitions, under Julius’ training, composing, and directing his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi took first place for three years in a row before the College dropped the Inter-Frat Sing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julius Hunter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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