1. Robert Stanley Goralski was a United States news correspondent for NBC News for 15 years in the 1960s and 1970s during a 35-year career in communications.
16 Facts About Robert Goralski
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Robert Goralski was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 2,1928.
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Robert Goralski served in the United States Navy during World War II in Pacific shipboard service as a Quartermaster aboard USS Sanctuary.
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Robert Goralski was later recalled up to serve in the Navy during the Korean War.
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Robert Goralski completed his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Political Science.
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Robert Goralski married the former Margaret Walton, originally of Wilton Junction, Iowa, and later of Silvis, Illinois, in 1948.
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From 1952 to 1956 Goralski worked with Radio Free Asia at Tokyo, Japan, Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India.
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Robert Goralski oversaw production and programming, broadcast and wrote commentaries and feature programs for other services.
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From 1961 to 1975, Robert Goralski was a television and radio correspondent with NBC News.
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Robert Goralski served for extended periods as White House, State Department, Pentagon and Energy correspondents.
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On June 5,1967, Robert Goralski was one of seven American newsmen from the wire services, the three major American television networks and several individual newspapers across the United States that flew on board the aircraft carrier USS America in the Mediterranean.
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Robert Goralski reported stories breaking from the Middle East, Laos, the Dominican Republic and sites of international conferences.
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In 1975, Robert Goralski left broadcasting and accepted a position as Director of Information for Gulf Oil Corporation.
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Robert Goralski died of cancer in McLean, Virginia on March 23,1988, at the age of 60.
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Robert Goralski was recognized by the Columbia School of Journalism and the American Television Academy for his news reporting.
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Robert Goralski is survived by his three children, Douglas, Dorothy, and Katherine.