Ellen Watson: Who was George Watson wife?

Ellen Watson is the surviving wife of the late ABC News Vice President, George Watson. There is very little to no information about her.

Born in 1936, George Watson started his broadcasting career at ABC News in Washington in 1962 as a writer for the radio show, Edward P. Morgan and the News. He was a correspondent from 1965 to 1968.

He covered some of the heaviest fighting in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1968 and 1970. He served as a former Washington Bureau chief, and White House correspondent for 12 years. He also served as a correspondent and bureau chief in Moscow and London.

Watson graduated from Harvard University, where he was managing editor of The Harvard Crimson, and also a reporter for The Detroit News and The Washington Post. He also developed and produced Viewpoint, a program designed to provide a forum for viewer criticism of ABC News in particular and broadcast journalism in general. During his time, Viewpoint won an Emmy, a Peabody, and the DuPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.

He came back to Washington in 1985 for his second tour as bureau chief. He announced his retirement in 1993, but supplied commentary and analysis for radio and the late night show World News Now from 1993 to 2001.