Robert Siegel Biography
Robert Siegel is an American former radio broadcaster who co-hosted the National Public Radio evening newscast All Things Considered from 1987 until his retirement in January 2018.
How old is Robert Siegel? – Age
He is 76 years old as of 26 June 2023. He was born in 1947 in New York, New York, United States. His real name is Robert Charles Siegel.
Robert Siegel Family – Education
Siegel was born in New York City, to Joseph and Edith Siegel (née Joffe). His father taught commercial education, while his mother worked as a secretary at Stuyvesant High School. He grew up in Stuyvesant Town—Peter Cooper Village. His maternal grandfather claimed to be descended from rabbinical scholar Mordechai Yoffe, and Siegel identified as Jewish on broadcast. After graduating from Stuyvesant in 1964, Siegel attended Columbia University and graduated from Columbia College in 1968.
During this period, he worked as an anchor for the student radio station WKCR-FM, which covered the 1968 Columbia demonstrations. He attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism for a year.
Robert Siegel Wife
Siegel married Jane Claudia Schwartz, a United States Department of Commerce employee, in 1973. They have two daughters: Erica Anne Siegel and musician Leah Siegel.
Robert Siegel Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $11 million.
Robert Siegel Career
Siegel’s first professional broadcasting employment came at WGLI in Babylon, New York, where he “did morning newscasts and a show that was part phone-ins, part Top Forty, all under the pseudonym Bob Charles.” He worked at WRVR in New York from 1971 until 1976 after finishing graduate school.
Siegel began working for NPR in Washington, D.C., as a newscaster in 1976, and has since held a variety of news and production positions there. Prior to the Panama Canal Treaty debates, he was referred to as “Bob,” rather than his preferred name, “Robert.” From 1979 until 1983, he was based in London, making him the first NPR employee to work abroad.
When he returned to America, he was appointed director of the News and Information Department, where he was in charge of directing the production of All Things Considered and Morning Edition, as well as the development of Weekend Edition. He has been the host of All Things Considered since 1987. He took a brief hiatus in 1992 to anchor Talk of the Nation, NPR’s call-in talk show. Siegel received the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2010. Siegel received three Silver Batons from Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University and the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award.
In April 2017, Siegel announced that he will be leaving All Things Considered. His last day with the program was January 5, 2018. Siegel has made cameo appearances on various television shows, including The Simpsons, Northern Exposure, BoJack Horseman, and the film Yesterday Was a Lie. Siegel served as a guest host on NPR’s On Point from June 5, 2018 to February 17, 2020.