Bob Schieffer CBS News Bio-Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Net Worth, Retirement

Bob Schieffer Biography and Wiki

Bob Schieffer (b. Bob Lloyd Schieffer Feb 25, 1937) is an American CBS News veteran broadcast journalist who was born in Austin, TX, and brought up in Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. Currently, he serves as a news contributor for CBS News and cohosts ‘About the News’ with H. Andrew Schwartz.

In 2003, he was diagnosed with grade III bladder cancer but he survived and since 2004, he has been living a cancer-free life. He has been diagnosed with two types of diabetes in his career and is currently on insulin therapy.

Bob Schieffer Age CBS News | How Old Is Bob Schieffer

Bob is 83 years of age as of 2020, he was born on 25 Feb 1937, in Austin, Texas, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 25 Feb yearly and his birth sign is Pisces.

Bob Schieffer Height

Bob stands at a height of 5′ 8″ (1.73 m) and Weighs an average weight. He also appears to be tall in stature in his photos.

Bob Schieffer Education

He attended North Side High School and also Texas Christian University. While in school, he was a member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The college of communication at Texas Christian University was named after him in his honor back in 2013.

Bob Schieffer Family and Parents

Bob was born to both parents in an average-sized family in Austin, Texas. Details about Schieffer’s father John Emmitt Schieffer and mother Gladys Payne Schieffer are not available yet. He has two siblings, a younger brother called Tom Schieffer and sister called Sharon Schieffer Mayes.

Schieffer’s brother Tom Schieffer is an American diplomat and entrepreneur.

Bob Schieffer Wife

Bob Schieffer’s wife Patricia Penrose has managed to maintain a low profile over the years. Schieffer married Patricia Penrose on 15 April 1967 in a private blissful wedding ceremony attended by close friends and family. The couple is blessed with two daughters. Schieffer and his wife Patricia Penrose reside in Washington, DC. The couple also has three granddaughters.

Bob Schieffer Net Worth

Bob Schieffer has an estimated Net Worth of $10 Million as of 2020. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a journalist. Through his various sources of income, Schieffer has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Bob Schieffer Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Bob.

Bob Schieffer Bio and Wiki

• Full Names: Bob Lloyd Schieffer
• Popular As: Bob Schieffer
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Journalist
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Bob Schieffer Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 83 years (2020)
• Zodiac Sign: Pisces
• Date of Birth: Feb 25, 1937
• Place of Birth: Austin, TX
• Birthday: Feb 25

Bob Schieffer Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
• Weight: Average
• Eye Color: Not Available
• Hair Color: White
• Shoe Size: Not Available

Bob Schieffer Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): John Emmitt Schieffer
• Mother: Gladys Payne Schieffer
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Tom Schieffer and Sharon Schieffer Mayes
• Marital Status: Married
• Wife/Spouse: Married to Patricia Penrose
• Dating / Girlfriend: Not Applicable
• Children: Sons (None) Daughter(s) (Two)

Bob Schieffer Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $10 Million
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Journalism

Bob Schieffer House and Cars

• Place of living: Washington DC
• Cars: Car Brand to be Updated

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Schieffer was grapple of the CBS Sunday Night News from 1973 to 1974, the CBS Sunday Evening News in 1976, and of the Saturday Evening News communicate for a long time from 1976 until 1996. He likewise tied down the weekday CBS morning appear at the time called “Morning”, which was titled in agreement to the day of the week (Monday Morning, Tuesday Morning, and so forth.) from 1979 to 1980. One of his best referred to jobs was as a mediator of the Sunday open issues appear, Face the Nation, from 1991 until May 31, 2015.

Schieffer was additionally known for his revealing obligations. Somewhere in the range of 1970 and 1974, he was doled out to the Pentagon. From 1974 to 1979, he was the White House journalist for CBS, and in 1982 he wound up Chief Washington Correspondent, notwithstanding his grapple obligations. In the wake of Dan Rather’s disputable retirement, he was named break stay for the weekday CBS Evening News. He expected that activity on March 10, 2005, the day following Rather’s last communicated.

Under Schieffer, the CBS Evening News increased around 200,000 watchers, to average 7.7 million watchers, switching a portion of the decrease in appraisals that happened during Rather’s residency; while NBC Nightly News was somewhere near 700,000 watchers, and ABC’s World News Tonight lost 900,000. Schieffer shut the hole with ABC’s World News Tonight when co-grapple Bob Woodruff was harmed in late January 2006.

Schieffer made his last CBS Evening News communicate on August 31, 2006, and was supplanted by Katie Couric. On Couric’s subsequent communicate, he came back to give portions to the nightly news as boss Washington reporter. Schieffer was additionally a substitute grapple for Couric and Scott Pelley when he progressed toward becoming stay of the nightly news in June 2011.

On October 13, 2004, Schieffer was the arbitrator of the third presidential discussion between President George W. Hedge and Senator John Kerry in Tempe, Arizona. On October 15, 2008, Schieffer directed the third presidential discussion between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain.

Schieffer additionally directed the third discussion of the presidential up-and-comers in 2012, between President Obama and previous Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, on October 22, in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2013, Schieffer won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Bob Schieffer Retirement

On April 8, 2015, Schieffer declared his goal to resign as host of Face the Nation while talking at his institute of matriculation, Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth. Schieffer left in the wake of working in reporting for a long time, 46 of those years with CBS. On the April 12 communicate of the program, he declared that John Dickerson, the current political executive for CBS, will succeed him, starting in June 2015.

As he arranged to resign from Face The Nation, Schieffer thought about the praise that came his way during the last phases of his profession. “The intriguing thing about my life — a great deal of the acknowledgment I got was after the vast majority resigned,” he disclosed to The New York Times, proceeding to include, “I believe that individuals just got comfortable with me since I had been there and others had traveled every which way.” Schieffer’s last communication as a mediator of Face the Nation was on May 31, 2015.

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