David S. Broder

David Salzer Broder (September 11, 1929 – March 9, 2011) was an American journalist, writing for The Washington Post for over forty years. He also was an author, television news show pundit, and university lecturer. For more than half a century, Broder reported on every presidential campaign, beginning with the 1956 Eisenhower–Stevenson race. Known as the "dean" of the Washington, D.C. press corps, Broder made over 400 appearances on NBC's Meet the Press. Upon Broder's death in March 2011, President Barack Obama called him the "most respected and incisive political commentator of his generation." David Salzer Broder was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, the son of Albert "Doc" Broder, a dentist, and Nina Salzer Broder. He earned a bachelors degree in liberal arts from the University of Chicago in 1947 and continued his studies there, receiving a master's degree in political science in 1951. While at Chicago, he met fellow student Ann Creighton Collar, and they were married in...