Tom Osborne

Revere High School

Class of 1966

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Tom Osborne - Class of 1966 - Revere High School

First Name	Tom
Last Name	Osborne
Graduation Year	Class of 1966
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	OH
Country	United States
Occupation	journalist
Married	No
About Me	Anchor, Founder, USUN Report Assigned as reporter/producer and Bureau Chief at the United Nations in 1989 just prior to the Gulf War, Osborne covered the UN for ABC News Tonight with Peter Jennings; Good Morning America; 20/20, overseeing all editorial coverage for the various primetime news specials as well as general coverage at the UN through 2000. Elected president of the UN Correspondents Association in 1992. As president of UNCA, inaugurated and chaired the 1992 series of international press conferences: The UN in the Post Cold War Era. Convened at UN headquarters in New York, the conferences provided a forum for international journalists, members of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretariat to discuss UN Security Council reform and transparency, an issue under intense scrutiny in the wake of UN involvement in conflicts in the first Iraq/Gulf war, and the impending crises in the former Yugoslavia. Prior to his UN assignment Osborne covered NE U.S. for ABC News, New York Bureau. Before joining ABC in 1987, Osborne served as U.S. Director of the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank Foundation, 1984-85, supervising the U.S. opening and national tour of the international archival photographic exhibition: Anne Frank in the World: 1929-45, created by the foundation. Osborne inaugurated the U.S. tour of the exhibition, opening it in 18 U.S. cities. He inaugurated the first annual Anne Frank Award for Human Rights in the U.S. Osborne began his career as a journalist in 1967 while completing a BA degree at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reporting and anchoring for the CBS affiliate KELO TV in Sioux Falls. Taking temporary leave from active journalism in 1971, Osborne served as staff assistant and speech writer for various members of the South Dakota congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. He served in the Washington office of Rep. Frank E. Denholm, D.S.D. as legislative assistant and speech writer. After receiving his BA degree from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1974. Osborne completed post graduate studies earning a Masters of Divinity studying at Methesco Seminary, Delaware, Ohio, 1978. During this course of study he also studied at St. John's College, Durham University in Durham, England, 1976-â€˜77 where he was accepted as a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of theology in 1978. He Attended Catholic University, Wash. D.C. while studying theology with the Paulist Fathers, 1978-'82. In residence -Adjunct professor at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee lecturing on U.S. Policy in the United Nations and an additional course: Faith, Politics, and Fundamentalism in the War on Terrorism. Awards: 2006 Fellowship Award, St. Johnâ€™s College, University of Durham, Durham, UK; 2007 Holgate Fellowship Award, Durham University, UK. Executive Producer, film documentary, â€œIn Shifting Sands: Th...(read more)