Bob Woodward Biography
Born Robert Upshur Woodward, Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist. Robert started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and currently holds the title of associate editor.
Bob Woodward Age|Birthday
Woodward was born on March 26, 1943. Therefore, he is 79 years old as of 2022 and celebrates his birthday on 26th March every year.
Bob Woodward Height|Weight
Woodward stands at a height of 5 feet 10minches (approximately 178 centimeters). Moreover, he weighs 79 kilograms.
Bob Woodward Family
Woodward was born in Geneva, Illinois, the United States to his parents Alfred E. (father) and Jane Upshur (mother). Bob’s father was a lawyer who later became chief judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. However, at the age of twelve, his parents divorced. Moreover, he and his sister and brother were raised by his father in nearby Wheaton, Illinois who later remarried.
Bob Woodward Wife
The journalist has been married three times. Woodward’s first marriage was to his high school love, Kathleen Middlekauff (an English professor) from 1966 to 1969. Secondly, he got married to Frances Kuper from 1974 to 1979. Additionally, in 1989, the journalist his third wife, Elsa Walsh, a writer for The New Yorker and the author of Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three American Women.
Furthermore, the journalist shares his first daughter named Taliesin Woodward with Frances Kuper, his ex-wife. Additionally, Woodward has his second daughter at the age of 47 named Diana (born in 1996) with his current wife Elsa.
Bob Woodward Education
Woodward went to Wheaton Community High School (WCHS), a public high school. Moreover, he graduated from WCHS in 1961 and enrolled in Yale College with a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship and studied history and English literature. In addition, while at Yale, the journalist joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Bob was a member of the secret society Book and Snake. Woodward received his B.A. degree in 1965. Moreover, he also began a five-year tour of duty in the United States Navy.
Bob Woodward Career
Woodward applied for a job as a reporter for The Washington Post while taking graduate courses in Shakespeare and International relations at George Wahington University. This was after he was discharged as a lieutenant in August 1970 and admitted to Havard Law School but elected not to attend.
Watergate
The journalist and Carl Bernstein were both assigned to report on the June 17, 1972, burglary of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Washington, D.C. office building called Watergate. Moreover, their work became known for being the first to report on a number of political ‘dirty tricks’ used by Nixon’s re-election committee during his campaign for re-election. Furthermore, ‘All the President’s Men’, which is their book became a No. 1 bestseller and was later turned into a movie.
“Jimmy’s World” scandal
In September 1980, ‘Jimmy’s World’, a Sunday feature story appeared on the front page of the Post in which the reporter Janet Cooke wrote a profile of the life of an eight-year-old heroin addict. However, Woodward, who was the assistant editor submitted the story to Pulitzer Prize but Cooke was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Wring on April 13, 1981.
1996 campaign finance controversy
Woodward and Brian Duffy published a story that made China’s alleged role in the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy gain public attention. Moreover, the story stated that a United States Department of Justice investigation into the fund-raising activities had uncovered evidence. The evidence was that Chinese agents sought to direct the Democratic National Committee (DNC) before the 1996 presidential campaign.
George W. Bush’s administration
Interviewing former President George W. Bush six times for close to 11 hours total, Bob spent more time than any other journalist with him. Moreover, the journalist’s four books: Bush at War (2002), Plan to Attcak (2004), State of Denial (2006), and The War Within: A Secret White House History (2006-2008) are detailed accounts of the Bush presidency.
Involvement in the Plame scandal
Woodward gave a two-hour deposition to Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on November 14, 2005. Moreover, in the deposition, Bob testified that a senior administration official told him in June 2003 that Iraq war critic Joe Wilson’s wife (later identified as Valerie Plame). Moreover, she worked as a WMD analyst for the CIA, not as an undercover operative.
Other professional activities
Woodward is no longer employed by the Post. However, the journalist has continued to write books and report stories for The Washington Post and has the title of associate editor at the paper. Moreover, his post was described by Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan as honorific with no regular responsibilities.
Sequester dispute with Obama administration
Furthermore, on February 22, 2013, shortly before the United States federal budget sequester took effect, The Washington Post published a column by Bob. In this, the journalist criticized the Obama administration for their statements in 2012 and 2013 that the sequester had been proposed by Republicans in Congress; the research showed that the sequester proposal had originated with the White House, this was according to the journalist.
Bob Woodward’s Net Worth
Woodward’s net worth is $25 million.
