Lewis Shollenberger

Lewis Winnbert Shollenberger (October 12, 1916 – March 15, 1994) was a correspondent for United Press, CBS, and ABC in Washington, D.C., from 1940 to 1963. He covered the White House and the U.S. Senate as well as coordinated network coverage of presidential news briefings and debates. He went on to work for Radio Liberty, the Small Business Administration, and the Advertising Council.

Early life Shollenberger was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Joseph H. and Edith D. Shollenberger. He had at least one brother, named Joseph.

He married Florence E. Long in 1939. They had two children, Lewis Jr. and Carol.

On March 1, 1952, he was in the U.S. House of Representatives at the time of a terrorist attack by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. He was quickly on the air to report the attack. and had been assigned by CBS News to cover VIPs and delegations at both political conventions during the presidential election. He was also a member of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. He was then hired to be the director of the information office of the Small Business Administration, where he stayed until 1971. He then became vice president of the Advertising Council. He was with this group until his retirement in 1981. His son, Lewis Jr., died in 1986, and his wife in 1991. He moved to Hightstown, New Jersey during retirement. He died there in 1994.