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Mac McGarry
Maurice James "Mac" McGarry (June 15, 1926 – December 12, 2013) was the longtime host of the television quiz show ''It's Academic'', which airs in Washington, D.C. on NBC-owned WRC-TV. He hosted the show for five decades, from October 7, 1961, when it first aired, until June 25, 2011.
==Early life and career==
Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1926, he attended Regis High School in New York City. McGarry attended college at Fordham University. McGarry joined NBC in 1950 for station WNBW, located in the Wardman Park Hotel.〔(Meet Mac McGarry - It's Academic News Story ), nbc4.com; accessed December 13, 2013.〕 There he worked as the announcer for the NBC radio show ''American Forum of the Air''. During this time, he was also making his first forays into television covering Harry S. Truman's presidential inauguration events for NBC-TV and appearing regularly on NBC's ''The Big Preview''.〔(History - Mac McGarry Show ), thejoyboys.com; accessed December 13, 2013.〕 From that time until the onset of illness in 2011, he hosted numerous talk shows, including ''In Our Town'', the first weekly television program to be broadcast in color.〔(Marymount University Commencement Ceremonies, April 15, 2005 )〕
Some of McGarry's first assignments included announcing news of the start of the Korean War and introducing President Truman from the White House. In the early 1950s, he was involved in early color television experiments. During the 1970s/80s, he was the announcer for ''NBC News Updates'' originating in Washington, D.C., and over the years also did live booth announcing work for WRC-TV.
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