October 9, 1997
The University Club
New York, NY

More than 50 years after joining CBS News, Don Hewitt continues to influence television journalism, much as he did when he helped develop many of its methods for reporting news, beginning in 1948.

His pioneering work in producing and directing many of the broadcasts of the world's major news events during television's infancy provided a blueprint that news producers still rely on today.

But Hewitt is best known and most respected for another innovation, 60 Minutes, the groundbreaking news broadcast he created in 1968 that is the most successful broadcast in television history.