News organizations and titles: Host, "Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser," PBS, 1970-present; editor in chief, Louis Rukeyser's Mutual Funds (monthly newsletter), 1994-present; editor in chief, Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street (monthly newsletter), 1992-present; nationally syndicated economics columnist, Tribune Media Services, 1986-93; nationally syndicated economics columnist, McNaught Syndicate, 1976-86; economics editor/commentator, ABC News, 1968-73; London bureau chief, ABC News, 1966-68; Paris correspondent, ABC News, 1965-66; chief Asian correspondent, The Sun, 1963-65; London bureau chief, The Sun, 1959-63; chief political correspondent, Evening Sun, 1957-59; reporter, Baltimore Sun Newspapers, 1954-65.
Legacy: He's one of the most popular and most tenured financial journalists in the profession and also has created a lucrative niche with his PBS program, two newsletters, books and public speaking. Mr. Rukeyser was one of the first to use television to bring economic and investment news into the living rooms of ordinary Americans, forcing savvy guests to name stocks they like and don't like.
Personal: Born Jan. 30, 1933, in New York City.
Family: Married to Alexandra; they have three daughters, Beverley, Susan and Stacy.
Books: "What's Ahead for the Economy: The Challenge and the Chance;" "How to Make Money in Wall Street;" "Louis Rukeyser's Business Almanac."
Awards: Women's Economics Round Table award, 1990; Free Enterprise Man of the Year award from the Center for Research and Education in Free Enterprise at Texas A&M University, 1987; Elliott V. Bell Award, 1980; 1972 and 1978 George Washington Honor Medal Freedoms Foundation; Janus award for excellence in financial news programming, 1975; Loeb award, 1972; Overseas Press Club citation, 1964; Overseas Press Club award, 1963.
Education: Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, A.B., 1954.
What he made news or headlines for: He won the first Gerald Loeb award ever given to a broadcaster. In addition, he has received nine honorary doctorates, and he was the first man to receive the Women's Economic Round Table award "for outstanding service in educating the public about business, financial and economic policy."
What others have said about him: Wall Street Week producer Rich Dubroff: "Lou is not a pretty boy, but he makes you watch him. Few people, very few, can sort of grab you by the lapels, shake you and say 'watch me!'"
New York Daily news columnist Kay Gardella: "Rukeyser, a warm, caring man with lots of charm and a direct, confident style, has popularized a subject once considered too dull to print, let alone broadcast. He gives you just enough, gets to the heart of the matter quickly and keeps your interest at a peak. He's a broadcasting dynamo and has become the economic guru of the industry."