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Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tom Brokaw Biography: News Anchor, Journalist (1940–) )〕 is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of ''NBC Nightly News'' from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of ''The Greatest Generation'' (1998) and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: ''The Today Show'', ''NBC Nightly News'', and, briefly, ''Meet the Press''. He now serves as a Special Correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets. Along with Peter Jennings at ABC News and Dan Rather at CBS News, Brokaw was one of the "Big Three" news anchors in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s. The three all hosted their network's flagship nightly news programs for over 20 years, and all three started and retired within a year of each other. == Early life == Brokaw was born in Webster, South Dakota, the son of Eugenia "Jean" (nee Conley, November 13, 1917 – November 9, 2011), who worked in sales and as a post-office clerk, and Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw (1912–1982). He was the eldest of their three sons and was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Conley. His father was a descendant of Huguenot immigrants Bourgon and Catherine (nee Le Fèvre) Broucard, and his mother was Irish-American.〔McGuire, John M. (November 6, 2002). "From Yankton to Yankee Town". ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', p. E1.〕 His paternal great-grandfather, Richard P. Brokaw, founded the town of Bristol, South Dakota, and the Brokaw House, a small hotel and the first structure in Bristol.〔Brokaw, Tom. (2003). ''A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties'', p. 9. New York: Random House.〕 Brokaw's father was a construction foreman for the Army Corps of Engineers. He worked at the Black Hills Ordnance Depot (BHOD) and helped construct Fort Randall Dam; his job often required the family to resettle during Brokaw's early childhood.〔Jordan, Larry (February 1995). "(Tom Brokaw: A Heavyweight in a World of Lightweights )". ''Midwest Today''.〕 The Brokaws lived for short periods in Bristol, Igloo (the small residential community of the BHOD), and Pickstown, before settling in Yankton, where Brokaw attended high school.〔〔 As a high school student attending Yankton Senior High School,〔 Brokaw was governor of South Dakota American Legion Boys State, and in that capacity he accompanied then South Dakota Governor Joe Foss to New York City for a joint appearance on a TV game show. It was to be the beginning of a long relationship with Foss, whom Brokaw would later feature in his book about World War II veterans, ''The Greatest Generation''. Brokaw also became an Advisory Board member of the Joe Foss Institute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Joe Foss Institute )〕 Tom Brokaw matriculated at the University of Iowa in Iowa City but dropped out after a year as he apparently failed to keep up in his studies, in his words majoring in "beer and co-eds"; in tribute to his fun loving freshman year, the Airliner Bar has named a booth in his honor. He received his B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion in 1964.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tv.yahoo.com/tom-brokaw/contributor/213912/bio )〕 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「Tom Brokaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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