Profile of Ted Koppel on Famous Like Me

Ted Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American television journalist.

Koppel was born in Lancashire, England after his Jewish parents fled Germany due to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. He graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree and from Stanford University with a Master of Arts degree in mass communications research and political science.

Koppel started working at ABC in 1963, and served as a foreign correspondent for the network. He is most famous for serving as the long-time lead anchorman for ABC's Nightline, a position he has held since 1980. Koppel announced that he will leave his post as Nightline anchor on November 22, 2005, but that he will not be retiring; he is instead looking into other projects.

In 2003, Koppel was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division as it marched toward Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq War.

He is multi-lingual, speaking German, Russian, French, and English.

Ted's daughter Andrea Koppel is the Department of State correspondent for CNN.

Retirement from Nightline and ABC News

On November 22, 2005, Koppel will step down from Nightline after 25 years with the program and retire from ABC after 42 years with the network.

Quotes

"Wreak havoc and unleash the dogs of war! [sic]"

Live on national television at the onset of the 2003 Iraq War from his position with the 3rd Infantry Division, Koppel committed a rare and very public faux pas by claiming to quote Shakespeare's Henry V (actually, the misquote is from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar). The original quote reads as "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!" Ironically, "havoc" was an English military order for soldiers to destroy and pillage.

External link

• Biography of Ted Koppel (ABC)

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