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Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952) is an American journalist and the host of ''Weekend Edition Saturday'' on NPR. == Life and career == Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons.〔(NPR Biography on Scott Simon ). Retrieved October 9, 2012.〕〔(''Simon - Family Pictures'' ). Retrieved October 9, 2012.〕 His father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic.〔Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, ("NPR host Scott Simon to cover every beat for Chico audience" ), ''Chico News'', May 5, 2011.〕 He also had a sister who died at a young age.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 author=Teri Gross )〕 He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.〔 After his father died, his mother married Ralph G. Newman, a former minor league baseball player and American Civil War scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.〔("Chicago's Cubs" ), by Jonathan Alter, ''The Washington Monthly'', May 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2007.〕〔John Y. Simon, ("Memorial to Ralph G. Newman" ), July 1998, reprinted in ''Illinois Heritage 2000'', hosted by Northern Illinois University. Retrieved July 9, 2007.〕 Simon's first book, ''Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan'', was published in the spring of 2000, and his second, ''Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball'', was published in 2002. Simon has written a book – ''Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption'' – about his family's experiences. He is also the author of two novels: ''Pretty Birds'' (2005) and ''Windy City: A Novel of Politics'' (2008). Simon has hosted ''BBC World News America'', filling in for Matt Frei. In 1992–93, Simon was the anchor of NBC's ''Weekend Today''. And from 2011-2013, he guest-hosted ''Need to Know'' on PBS. In May 2010, Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Willamette University where he was the keynote speaker for that year's commencement exercises.〔("2010 Honorary Degrees" ), Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters & CLA Commencement Speaker, Willamette University.〕 After September 11, 2001, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror." Simon wrote an op-ed for the October 11, 2001, ''Wall Street Journal'', "Even Pacifists Must Support This War."〔(Web copy ) made available by (Ellen Comisso ), accessed January 16, 2010. The op-ed is cited and quoted in , accessed January 16, 2010.〕 He questioned nonviolence at greater length in the Quaker publication ''Friends Journal'' in December 2001, provoking many angry letters, to which Simon replied in the May 2003 edition. Bill Cosby and his wife Camille, in an interview recorded for the November 15, 2014, ''Weekend Edition Saturday'', declined to discuss the accusations pertaining to the alleged sexual assault claims when Scott asked at the beginning of the interview and instead focused on the loan of his 62-piece African art collection for an exhibition in Washington, D.C. As narrated by Simon in the interview, Cosby only shook his head from side to side with his finger raised when Scott brought forward the question.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines To Discuss Assault Allegations )〕 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「Scott Simon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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