Mickelson, Sig.

Born in Clinton, Minnesota, Sig Mickelson (1913-2000) was president of CBS News, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (1972-1975) and vice-president of CBS, Inc., Time-Life Broadcast, Inc., and Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation as well as part of the communications faculty at Louisiana State University, the University of Kansas, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and San Diego State University. He was a Research Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a member of the Board of Directors of Stauffer Communications, Inc. and on the Board of Regents of Augustana College, his alma mater. Mickelson assumed directorship of CBS television's news and public affairs in 1951 and became chief of the combined radio television department in 1954. When CBS News became an autonomous corporate division in the mid 1950s, Mickelson became its first president.

From the guide to the Sig Mickelson Papers 35748587., 1930-1996, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)

Journalist, broadcasting executive.

From the description of Reminiscences of Sig Mickelson : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733204

From the description of Reminiscences of Sig Mickelson : lecture, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569673

Mickelson, born in 1913 in Clinton, Minnesota, has been president of CBS News, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (1972-1975) and vice-president of CBS, Inc., Time-Life Broadcast, Inc., and Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation as well as part of the communications faculty at Louisiana State University, the University of Kansas, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and San Diego State University.

He is a Research Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a member of the Board of Directors of Stauffer Communications, Inc. and on the Board of Regents of Augustana College, his alma mater. Mickelson assumed directorship of CBS television's news and public affairs in 1951 and then became chief of the combined radio and television department in 1954. When CBS News became an autonomous corporate division in the mid 1950s, Mickelson became its first president.

From the description of Mickelson, Sig, papers, 1930-1996. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35748587

Biographical/Historical Note

Sig Mickelson, an American broadcasting executive, was president of CBS News from 1954 to 1961, during the transition from radio to television news. He served as vice president for Time-Life Broadcast from 1961 to 1970 and was president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from 1975 to 1978. Mickelson later joined the communications faculty at San Diego State University and Louisiana State University. He was the author of numerous books, including America's Other Voice: the Story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (Praeger, 1983) and From Whistle Stop to Sound Bite: Four Decades of Politics and Television (Praeger, 1989). Mickelson passed away at 86 in 2000.

From the guide to the Sig Mickelson papers, 1950-2000, (Hoover Institution Archives)