news as being isolated in academia and out of touch with the new realities—and limitations—of the business of broadcast journalism." The broadcast newsroom and an endowed professorship remain named for Friendly, attesting to his outsized influence at a critical juncture in the development of the school. While in academia, he authored several books, including The Good Guys, The Bad Guys, And The First Amendment (an account of a number of First Amendment court cases and particularly, of the Fairness Doctrine), Minnesota Rag (a history of Near v. Minnesota), The Constitution: That Delicate Balance, and Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control (a memoir about his sixteen years at CBS). In 1986, Friendly was appointed by Mayor Edward I. Koch to New York City's Charter Revision Commission. Chaired by Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., the body's recommendations led to the dissolution of the New York City Board of Estimate following the adoption of the city's 1990 charter, whereupon the commission dissolved. Friendly was a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College from April 9-April 12, 1986. He also served as a visiting professor at Yale University (1984) and Bryn Mawr College (1981). In addition to his work with the seminars, Friendly produced and hosted a ten-part series on PBS, Ethics in America, on which a panel of leading intellectuals debated and discussed modern ethical issues. Accolades 1967: Iris Award for Man of the Year from NATPE 1986: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association 1990: George Polk Award 1994: Television Hall of Fame Death Friendly died on March 3, 1998 of a stroke, at his home in Riverdale, Bronx. He is interred in the Sharon Gardens Division of Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. Legacy In 1986, Edward Herrmann portrayed Friendly in the original HBO drama Murrow. In 2005, George Clooney played him in the film Good Night, and Good Luck. See also Freedom of speech Television documentary References External links The Museum of Broadcast Communications Fred Friendly Seminars CNN Obituary Columbia University 250: Columbians Ahead of Their Time About the Fred Friendly Seminars from pbs.org Brennan Award citation for the Seminars How journalism saved one man, and the rest of us, from McCarthyism 1915 births 1998 deaths American radio journalists American television executives American television journalists Jewish American journalists CBS executives Presidents of CBS News Columbia University faculty Businesspeople from Providence, Rhode Island Nichols College alumni People from the Bronx People from Riverdale,