Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum News


	For Immediate Release: February 21, 2006	Contact: Jill Burwitz (ALPLM) (217) 558-8970 (217) 299-6165 cell
	Acclaimed journalist and documentary producer Bill Kurtis to be next guest for "Evenings to Remember" SPRINGFIELD, IL: On Wednesday, March 8, 2006, television icon Bill Kurtis will reflect on his colorful career with ALPLM Executive Director Richard Norton Smith in "Evenings to Remember," at 7 p.m. in the Museum's Union Theatre. An acclaimed documentary host and producer, network and major market news anchor and multimedia production company president, Mr. Kurtis has spent the past 35 years creating a body of work that is virtually unparalleled in the field of broadcasting. Mr. Kurtis began his television career at WIBW-TV (CBS) in Topeka, Kansas. In 1966, after being recognized for his 24-hour coverage of a devastating tornado, Mr. Kurtis was hired by WBBM-TV in Chicago where he was a field reporter and later anchor of The Channel Two News. Mr. Kurtis moved on to the network level at CBS where he anchored the CBS Morning News and contributed to CBS Reports. During his career as a network newsman, Mr. Kurtis covered such notable stories as the Richard Speck murders and the Charles Manson trial. He is also credited with breaking the Agent Orange story, and the story of Amerasian Children in Vietnam. Returning to Chicago and WBBM-TV as news anchor in 1985, Mr. Kurtis began his career as a documentarian, traveling to the far ends of the earth for the Peabody Award-winning series The New Explorers, which aired on PBS and A&E. In 1990, he founded Kurtis Productions and began producing programs for the A&E Television Network, including the long-running, award-winning Investigative Reports, Investigating History, American Justice, and Cold Case Files. Cold Case Files was nominated for a 2005 National Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series. The Death Penalty On Trial: Crisis in American Justice (Public Affairs) is Mr. Kurtis' new book exploring issues surrounding capital punishment in America. Mr. Kurtis is the recipient of humanitarian, journalism, and broadcasting awards including Emmy's, CableACE Awards, and the Thurgood Marshall Award for his Investigative Reports installment on the death penalty. This event is made possible by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation. Although free to the public, seating is very limited. Reservations must be made by calling 558-8906. ### << Back to Press Releases