John Chancellor

Career Milestones

• 1994

  Diagnosed with stomach cancer in April

• 1993

  Narrated the documentary "Baseball" by Ken Burns for public TV

• 1993

  Retired after 43 years with NBC

• 1965 to 1967

  At the request of then President Lyndon B Johnson named head of the "Voice of America" and served as director of the radio division of the U S Information Agency; first professional journalist to hold that post

• 1964

  He was arrested on camera by a security guard at the Republican National Convention for "blocking the aisle"