Quincy Howe

Quincy Howe (August 17, 1900 – February 17, 1977) was an American journalist, best known for his CBS radio broadcasts during World War II. His daughter was playwright Tina Howe.

Biography Born in Boston, Massachusetts,

Howe joined CBS in June 1942, doing the opening news summary on the radio network's The World Today newscast.

He left CBS in 1947 to join ABC. In the fall of 1955, he hosted four episodes of the 26-week prime time series Medical Horizons on ABC before he was replaced in that capacity by Don Goddard.

In the early 1950s, Howe was an associate professor of journalism and communications at the University of Illinois.

Howe moderated the first ever televised presidential primary debate in 1956, between Democratic candidates Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. He also moderated the fourth and final Kennedy/Nixon debate on October 21, 1960, which had the topic of foreign affairs. Howe retired from broadcasting in 1974. He died from cancer of the larynx.