Scott Simon
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| Born | March 16, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Show | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Network(s) | National Public Radio |
| Time slot | Syndication |
| Style | Presenter |
| Country | United States |
| Website | Program website Personal website |
Scott Simon (b. 16 March 1952)[1][2] is an American journalist, and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday from National Public Radio.
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[edit] Biography
Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons.[3][4] He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cleveland, and Washington, DC.[4] After his father died, his mother married Ralph G. Newman, a former baseball player, and American Civil War scholar and author, who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.[5][6]
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. He is also the author of two novels: Pretty Birds (2005) and Windy City: A Novel of Politics (2008).
Simon's trademark is a friendly, slightly comic, demeanor, as he expressed in "A Car Talk Carol" with the lines "well-modulated reason and decency" and "warm and self-effacing".
[edit] Family
Known as a happy bachelor until the age of 48, Simon met French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard, then 33, during an NPR interview in 2000. They married September 10, 2000 in a mixed faith Methodist, Quaker, and Jewish service in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at the home of fashion designer Alexander Julian.[1] They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China, the first, Elise, in 2004,[7][8][9] and the second, Lina, in 2007.[10] They consider themselves a Jewish family.[8]
Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had twice bought food there for their young daughter. The health of the family was not affected.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lois Smith Brady. "Weddings: Vows; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard", The New York Times, 10 September 2000. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ "Annoying Campaign Songs". Weekend Edition Saturday. National Public Radio. 2008-02-23. Transcript. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ Susan Van Dongen (14 November 2000). Three Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland and NPR's Scott Simon. The Princeton Packet. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ a b NPR Biography on Scott Simon. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Chicago's Cubs", by Jonathan Alter, The Washington Monthly, May 2000. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Memorial to Ralph G. Newman", by John Y. Simon, July 1998, reprinted in Illinois Heritage 2000, hosted by Northern Illinois University. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Cat and Child, So Comfy Together", by Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, November 27, 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ a b "NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves", Jeff Rubin, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, October 18, 2006. Also at InterfaithFamily.com. Both retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Scott Simon Releases First Novel:Pretty Birds", WKAR, 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Reflections on Welcoming a New Family Member", Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, June 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "NPR report." NPR. November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
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