BOB WOODWARD 1943 JOURNALIST WOODWARD BOB 1943 ARTS COMMUNICATIONS AMERICAN CULTURE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS BORN IN GENEVA ILLINOIS BOB WOODWARD ATTENDED YALE UNIVERSITY AFTER SERVING IN THE NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR WOODWARD BECAME A REPORTER FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL IN 1970 AFTER TAKING A JOB WITH THE WASHINGTON POST IN 1971 HE AND CARL BERNSTEIN UNCOVERED AND REPORTED ON THE WATERGATE SCANDAL WHICH LED TO THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON TOGETHER WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN WON MANY MAJOR JOURNALISM AWARDS INCLUDING THE GEORGE POLK MEMORIAL AWARD IN 1973 THE WASHINGTON POST RECEIVED A PULITZER PRIZE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN'S WORK THE TWO JOURNALISTS WROTE ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1974 THE BOOK WAS LATER MADE INTO A FILM BERNSTEIN AND WOODWARD ALSO WROTE THE FINAL DAYS 1976 WHICH DEALT WITH NIXON'S LAST DAYS IN OFFICE WOODWARD SERVED AS AN EDITOR OF THE WASHINGTON POST FROM 1979 TO 1981 AND AS ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR FROM 1981 TO THE PRESENT HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN THE BRETHREN 1979 WIRED 1984 VEIL THE SECRET WARS OF THE CIA 1987 AND THE COMMANDERS 1991
