Date:  Mon, 21 Mar 1994 21:42:38 -0600

From:  Nancy Harwood <harwood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TENET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Dan Rather



On Mon, 21 Mar 1994, Ellen Johnson wrote:



> I never realized Dan Rather was from the Deep South until I heard him

> broadcasting from inside a recently abandoned Iraqi bunker during the

> Gulf War. He looked weary, had a heavy 5 o'clock shadow, and didn't use

> a single post-vocalic /r/ in the whole report!

>

I think Dan Rather was born in Houston, Texas...I'm sure that's where he

grew up...he went to college in Huntsville, Texas.

Nancy Harwood