Walter Cronkite has been named the "Most Trusted Man in America" for more than half a century.

In his more than 65 years of journalism he has covered virtually every major news event of the twentieth century, beginning in WWII as a UP correspondent, followed by the Nuremberg Trials and then, Moscow, where he served as Bureau Chief from 1946-48.

In 1950, he joined CBS in Washington, D.C. and moved to New York in 1954 where he pioneered the first evening news broadcast as Anchorman, and later, Managing Editor, for the CBS Evening News. For the next three decades, he covered such history-making events as the U.S. Space Program; the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy; the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War, to name a few. He interviewed every U.S. President since FDR and the major Heads of State before stepping down from his Anchor desk in 1981 to assume his current role as Special Correspondent for CBS News.

He is the author of six books, including his autobiography, A Reporter's Life; hosts and narrates numerous documentaries for PBS and the Discovery Channel; and maintains an active international lecture schedule.

In 1999, Mr. Cronkite first worked with WFED narrating the award-winning film YELLOWSTONE Revealed. He has recognized some of WFED's own special leadership initiatives in this way:

"I am delighted to be associated with WFED and look forward to participating in its important conservation work in the future. WFED is recognized as the creative force behind the development and expansion of new ways of thinking about biodiversity conservation strategies, especially in national parks and other conservation areas. The innovative bioprospecting benefit-sharing agreements that WFED is pioneering offer real promise at a time when so much of the natural world is under siege.

There remains much to be done, however, and I hope that you will join Betsy and me in supporting WFED and its important work. There simply is no substitute for your active engagement and meaningful support."