12 2 STA T . 2 6 1 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 282 —J UL Y 2 3, 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–28 2 110 thCongres s A n Act Todesignat ea p o r tion o fU nited S tates R o u te 20A,l o c ated in O rc h ard P ar k , N e wY ork, as the ‘ ‘Ti m oth yJ. Russert H ighway ’ ’. Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1.F IN D IN G S. Congres s fi n d s th efo l lo w ing
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i m oth y‘ ‘Tim ’ ’ J ohn Ru ssert w a s b orn on M ay 7, 1 950 in B uffalo, N ew Y or k ,to E li z abeth and Timothy Jose p h Russert . ( 2 ) Tim Russert graduated from Canisius H igh Sc hool in Buffalo, New York, earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from John Carroll U ni v ersity in 1972, and his Juris D octor from Cleveland State University — Marshall School of L aw in 197 6 . ( 3 ) Tim Russert embarked on a career in public service with United States Senator Daniel P atrick Moynihan and the G overnor of New York, Mario Cuomo, from 1977 to 19 84 . (4) A fter his career in public service and New York politics, Tim Russert began his career in j ournalism when he joined NBC in 1984. (5) I n 1991, Tim Russert became the host of the Sunday morning news program Meet the Press, the longest - running program in the history of television. He would go on to become the longest serving host of the show. (6) Throughout his career, Tim Russert received 48 hon- orary doctorates and several awards for e x cellence in jour- nalism, including— (A) the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio- Television News Directors Association
(B) the John Peter Z enger F reedom of the Press Award; (C) the American Legion Journalism Award; (D) the V eterans of Foreign W ars News Media Award; (E) the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Jour- nalism Award; (F) the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism; (G) the David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication; (H) the Catholic Academy for Communication’s Gabriel Award; and (I) an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. (7) In 2004, Tim Russert authored the bestselling autobiog- raphy, Big Russ and Me, which chronicled his life growing July23, 2 0 0 8[S. 3 145]
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