Broadcast Journalist. He was the senior science editor for ABC News from 1961 to 1987. He is best remembered for his coverage of the U.S. space program, including projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz. In addition to covering the U.S. space program, he also covered major news events including the Vietnam War and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was the author of "Anyone Can Fly" and was a frequent contributor to Reader's Digest, the New York Times and Esquire magazine. Educated at City College of New York, he continued his secondary education at Indiana University and Columbia University, He joined ABC News in 1953 as a Writer but established himself as a writer on the Science beat, covering activities of the Space Task Group. As a licensed pilot, his interests expanded covering topics like aviation and defense matters. He wrote a number of books and articles on aviation, aviation development and disasters including the development of new weapon systems for the U. S. Military. He also covered the oil crisis of the 1970's and the Three Mile incident in 1979. Surviving are his wife, Joanna; two brothers, Cyril, of Fitchburg, Mass., and Philip, of Wayne, N.J., and three children by a previous marriage, to Joanne Skowron of Nyack, N.Y., David, of Manhattan, Beth, of Palo Alto, Calif., and Karen, of Manhattan.
Broadcast Journalist. He was the senior science editor for ABC News from 1961 to 1987. He is best remembered for his coverage of the U.S. space program, including projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz. In addition to covering the U.S. space program, he also covered major news events including the Vietnam War and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was the author of "Anyone Can Fly" and was a frequent contributor to Reader's Digest, the New York Times and Esquire magazine. Educated at City College of New York, he continued his secondary education at Indiana University and Columbia University, He joined ABC News in 1953 as a Writer but established himself as a writer on the Science beat, covering activities of the Space Task Group. As a licensed pilot, his interests expanded covering topics like aviation and defense matters. He wrote a number of books and articles on aviation, aviation development and disasters including the development of new weapon systems for the U. S. Military. He also covered the oil crisis of the 1970's and the Three Mile incident in 1979. Surviving are his wife, Joanna; two brothers, Cyril, of Fitchburg, Mass., and Philip, of Wayne, N.J., and three children by a previous marriage, to Joanne Skowron of Nyack, N.Y., David, of Manhattan, Beth, of Palo Alto, Calif., and Karen, of Manhattan.
