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'''Scott Simon''' (born March 16, 1952)<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news | author=Lois Smith Brady| title=Weddings: Vows; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DA1339F933A2575AC0A9669C8B63 |work=The New York Times |date= September 10, 2000| accessdate=February 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title=Annoying Campaign Songs | episodelink= | url= | series=Weekend Edition Saturday |serieslink=Weekend Edition |credits= |network=National Public Radio |airdate=February 23, 2008| transcript=Audio | transcripturl=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19304252| accessdate=February 23, 2008}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] and the host of ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]'' on [[NPR]].
'''Scott Simon''' (born March 16, 1952)<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news | author=Lois Smith Brady| title=Weddings: Vows; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DA1339F933A2575AC0A9669C8B63 |work=The New York Times |date= September 10, 2000| accessdate=February 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title=Annoying Campaign Songs | episodelink= | url= | series=Weekend Edition Saturday |serieslink=Weekend Edition |credits= |network=National Public Radio |airdate=February 23, 2008| transcript=Audio | transcripturl=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19304252| accessdate=February 23, 2008}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] and the host of ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]'' on [[NPR]].


== Life and career ==
== Early life ==
Simon was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons.<ref name=PrincetonPacket>{{cite web | author=Susan Van Dongen |title=Three Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland and NPR's Scott Simon | url=http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/enter/11-14-00/copland.html |publisher=''The Princeton Packet'' |date=November 14, 2000| accessdate=February 23, 2008}}</ref><ref name=NPRBio>[http://www.npr.org/people/3874941/scott-simon NPR Biography on Scott Simon]. Retrieved October 9, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.scottsimonbooks.com/scottsimonbooks.com/Chicago_Family_Pictures.html ''Simon - Family Pictures'']. Retrieved October 9, 2012.</ref> His father was [[American Jews|Jewish]] and his mother was [[Irish Americans|Irish]] [[Catholic]].<ref name=ChicoNews>Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, [http://www.newsreview.com/chico/familiar-voice/content?oid=1984069 "NPR host Scott Simon to cover every beat for Chico audience"], ''Chico News'', May 5, 2011.</ref> He also had a sister who died at a young age.<ref>{{cite web | title=Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise Of Adoption' | author=Teri Gross | publisher=Fresh Air | url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129375629&ft=1&f=13 }}</ref> He grew up in major cities across the United States and [[Canada]], including Chicago, [[New York]], [[San Francisco]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Montreal]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=NPRBio/> After his father died, his mother married [[Ralph G. Newman]], a former minor league baseball player and [[American Civil War]] scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.<ref name=WashingtonMonthly>[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/2000/0005.alter.html "Chicago's Cubs"], by Jonathan Alter, ''[[The Washington Monthly]]'', May 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2007.</ref><ref name=IPO>John Y. Simon, [http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/2000/ihfa0026.html "Memorial to Ralph G. Newman"], July 1998, reprinted in ''Illinois Heritage 2000'', hosted by [[Northern Illinois University]]. Retrieved July 9, 2007.</ref>
Simon was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons.<ref name=PrincetonPacket>{{cite web | author=Susan Van Dongen |title=Three Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland and NPR's Scott Simon | url=http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/enter/11-14-00/copland.html |publisher=''The Princeton Packet'' |date=November 14, 2000| accessdate=February 23, 2008}}</ref><ref name=NPRBio>[http://www.npr.org/people/3874941/scott-simon NPR Biography on Scott Simon]. Retrieved October 9, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.scottsimonbooks.com/scottsimonbooks.com/Chicago_Family_Pictures.html ''Simon - Family Pictures'']. Retrieved October 9, 2012.</ref> He also had a sister who died at a young age.<ref>{{cite web | title=Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise Of Adoption' | author=Terry Gross | publisher=Fresh Air | url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129375629&ft=1&f=13 }}</ref> He grew up in major cities across the United States and [[Canada]], including Chicago, [[New York]], [[San Francisco]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Montreal]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=NPRBio/>


Simon's father was [[American Jews|Jewish]] and his mother was [[Irish Americans|Irish]] [[Catholic]].<ref name=ChicoNews>Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, [http://www.newsreview.com/chico/familiar-voice/content?oid=1984069 "NPR host Scott Simon to cover every beat for Chico audience"], ''Chico News'', May 5, 2011.</ref> His father died when Scott was 16,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Simon|first1=Scott|title='We Don't Fully Grow Up' Until We Lose Our Parents|url=http://www.npr.org/2015/04/01/396599202/scott-simon-we-dont-fully-grow-up-until-we-lose-our-parents|website=NPR|accessdate=1 May 2016}}</ref> and his mother later married former minor league baseball player [[Ralph G. Newman]], an [[American Civil War]] scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.<ref name=WashingtonMonthly>[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/2000/0005.alter.html Jonathan Alter, "Chicago's Cubs"], ''[[The Washington Monthly]]'', May 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2007.</ref>
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Simon's first book, ''Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan'', was published in the spring of 2000, and his second, ''Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball'', was published in 2002. Simon has written a book – ''Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption'' – about his family's experiences. He is also the author of two novels: ''Pretty Birds'' (2005) and ''Windy City: A Novel of Politics'' (2008).


==Career==
Simon has hosted ''[[BBC World News America]]'', filling in for [[Matt Frei]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} In 1992–93, Simon was the anchor of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Weekend Today]]''. And from 2011-2013, he guest-hosted ''[[Need to Know (PBS)|Need to Know]]'' on [[PBS]].
Simon has been with NPR for over three decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief.<ref name=ChicoNews/>


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His books include ''Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan'' (2000); ''Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball'' (2002); ''Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption'' (2010), about his experiences adopting two daughters; and the novels ''Pretty Birds'' (2005) and ''Windy City: A Novel of Politics'' (2008).<ref>[http://www.scottsimonbooks.com ''Scott Simon Books'']. Retrieved May 1, 2016.</ref>
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In May 2010, Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from [[Willamette University]] where he was the keynote speaker for that year's commencement exercises.<ref>[http://www.willamette.edu/events/commencement/cla/honorary_degrees/past_recipients/2010/index.html "2010 Honorary Degrees"], Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters & CLA Commencement Speaker, Willamette University.</ref>


Simon has hosted many television series and specials, including [[PBS]]'s ''[[Need to Know (PBS)|Need to Know]]'' in 2011-13.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography: Scott Simon|url=http://www.npr.org/people/3874941/scott-simon|website=NPR|accessdate=1 May 2016}}</ref> He guest-hosted ''[[BBC World News America]]'', filling in for Matt Frei{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}, and anchored [[NBC]]'s ''[[Weekend Today]]'' in 1992–93.
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After [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]], Simon spoke and wrote in support of the [[war on terror|"war on terror."]] Simon wrote an [[op-ed]] for the October 11, 2001, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', "Even Pacifists Must Support This War."<ref name=EvenPacifistsMustSupportThisWar>[http://weber.ucsd.edu/~ecomisso/when_we_must_fight__even_pacifis.htm Web copy] made available by [http://weber.ucsd.edu/~ecomisso/ Ellen Comisso], accessed January 16, 2010. The op-ed is cited and quoted in {{cite journal|authorlink = Mike Janssen |title=When reporters sound off, eyebrows rise |journal=Current |date=September 8, 2003 |url= http://www.current.org/ethics/ethics0316news.shtml }}, accessed January 16, 2010.</ref> He questioned [[nonviolence]] at greater length in the Quaker publication ''[[Friends Journal]]'' in December 2001,<ref name=FriendsDec2001>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsjournal.org/issue/december-2001|title=Reflections on the Events of September 11|first=Scott|last= Simon|date=December 1, 2001|website=Friends Journal}}</ref> provoking many angry letters, to which Simon replied in the May 2003 edition.<ref name=FriendsMay2003>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsjournal.org/friends-journal-readers-response|title=To Friends Journal Readers: A Response|first=Scott|last= Simon|date=May 1, 2003|website=Friends Journal}}</ref>


===Controversies===
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[[Bill Cosby]] and his wife [[Camille Cosby|Camille]], in an interview recorded for the November 15, 2014, ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]'', declined to discuss the accusations pertaining to the alleged sexual assault claims when Scott asked at the beginning of the interview and instead focused on the loan of his 62-piece African art collection for an exhibition in Washington, D.C. As narrated by Simon in the interview, Cosby only shook his head from side to side with his finger raised when Scott brought forward the question.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/15/364297097/in-npr-interview-bill-cosby-declines-to-discuss-assault-allegations|title=In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines To Discuss Assault Allegations|date=July 15, 2014|website=NPR}}{{Retrieved|date=November 2014}}</ref>
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After [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]], Simon spoke and wrote in support of the [[war on terror|"war on terror"]], publishing an [[op-ed]] in the October 11, 2001, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' titled "Even Pacifists Must Support This War."<ref name=EvenPacifistsMustSupportThisWar>[http://weber.ucsd.edu/~ecomisso/when_we_must_fight__even_pacifis.htm Web copy] made available by [http://weber.ucsd.edu/~ecomisso/ Ellen Comisso], accessed January 16, 2010. The op-ed is cited and quoted in {{cite journal|authorlink = Mike Janssen |title=When reporters sound off, eyebrows rise |journal=Current |date=September 8, 2003 |url= http://www.current.org/ethics/ethics0316news.shtml }}, accessed January 16, 2010.</ref> He questioned [[nonviolence]] at greater length in the Quaker publication ''[[Friends Journal]]'' in December 2001,<ref name=FriendsDec2001>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsjournal.org/issue/december-2001|title=Reflections on the Events of September 11|first=Scott|last= Simon|date=December 1, 2001|website=Friends Journal}}</ref> provoking many angry letters, to which he replied in the May 2003 issue.<ref name=FriendsMay2003>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsjournal.org/friends-journal-readers-response|title=To Friends Journal Readers: A Response|first=Scott|last= Simon|date=May 1, 2003|website=Friends Journal}}</ref>

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On November 15, 2014, at the beginning of an interview for ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]'', [[Bill Cosby]] and his wife [[Camille Cosby|Camille]] declined to respond to the accusations of sexual assault against Cosby when Simon gave them the opportunity. As narrated by Simon in the interview, Cosby only shook his head no. The rest of the interview focused on the couple's loan of their 62-piece African art collection for an exhibition in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/15/364297097/in-npr-interview-bill-cosby-declines-to-discuss-assault-allegations|title=In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines to Discuss Assault Allegations|date=November 15, 2014|website=NPR}}{{Retrieved|date=November 2014}}</ref>


=== Awards ===
=== Awards ===
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Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody and the Emmy, and has received numerous honorary degrees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography: Scott Simon|url=http://www.npr.org/people/3874941/scott-simon|website=NPR|accessdate=1 May 2016}}</ref> In May 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by [[Willamette University]], where he was that year's commencement speaker.<ref>[http://www.willamette.edu/events/commencement/cla/honorary_degrees/past_recipients/2010/index.html "2010 Honorary Degrees"], Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters & CLA Commencement Speaker, Willamette University.</ref> He was named a [[The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|Lincoln Laureate]] in 2016.<ref>http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Governors-press-release.2.12.16.pdf</ref>


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== Family ==
He was named a [[The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|Lincoln Laureate]] in 2016.<ref>http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Governors-press-release.2.12.16.pdf</ref>
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Simon met French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard during an NPR interview in 2000. They married September 10, 2000, in a mixed-faith ([[Methodist]], [[Quaker]], and [[Jewish]]) service in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]], at the home of fashion designer [[Alexander Julian]].<ref name=NYTimes/> They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from [[China]]: Elise, in 2004,<ref name=CatAndChild>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4189029 "Cat and Child, So Comfy Together"], by Scott Simon, ''[[Weekend Edition]]'', November 27, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=Hillel>Jeff Rubin, [http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2006/10/18/scott-simon-npr-host-riding-on-airwaves "NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves"], [[Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life]], October 18, 2006. Also [http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=3220797 at InterfaithFamily.com]. Both retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=WKAR>[http://wkar.org/enews/story.php?fill=050830/prettybirds "Scott Simon Releases First Novel:Pretty Birds"], WKAR, August 30, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref> and Lina, in 2007.<ref name="Reflections">[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11626212 "Reflections on Welcoming a New Family Member"], Scott Simon, ''[[Weekend Edition]]'', June 30, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007. <!-- Text at http://boomercafe.typepad.com/boomercafe/2007/06/reflections-on-.html --></ref> They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic).<ref name=ChicoNews /><ref name=Hillel/>


In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the [[Alexander Litvinenko poisoning]] investigation. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had twice bought food there for their daughter Elise. The health of the family was not affected.<ref name="NPR">"[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6561762 NPR report]." ''[[NPR]].'' November 30, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref>
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=== Family ===
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Simon met French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard during an NPR interview in 2000. They married September 10, 2000, in a mixed-faith ([[Methodist]], [[Quaker]], and [[Jewish]]) service in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]], at the home of fashion designer [[Alexander Julian]].<ref name=NYTimes/> They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from [[China]]; the first, Elise, in 2004,<ref name=CatAndChild>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4189029 "Cat and Child, So Comfy Together"], by Scott Simon, ''[[Weekend Edition]]'', November 27, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=Hillel>Jeff Rubin, [http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2006/10/18/scott-simon-npr-host-riding-on-airwaves "NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves"], Jeff Rubin, [[Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life]], October 18, 2006. Also [http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=3220797 at InterfaithFamily.com]. Both retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=WKAR>[http://wkar.org/enews/story.php?fill=050830/prettybirds "Scott Simon Releases First Novel:Pretty Birds"], WKAR, August 30, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref> and the second, Lina, in 2007.<ref name="Reflections">[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11626212 "Reflections on Welcoming a New Family Member"], Scott Simon, ''[[Weekend Edition]]'', June 30, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007. <!-- Text at http://boomercafe.typepad.com/boomercafe/2007/06/reflections-on-.html --></ref> They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was of Irish Catholic background).<ref name=ChicoNews /><ref name=Hillel/> Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the [[Alexander Litvinenko poisoning]]. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had twice bought food there for their young daughter. The health of the family was not affected.<ref name="NPR">"[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6561762 NPR report]." ''[[NPR]].'' November 30, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2007.</ref>


In July 2013, Simon began [[Twitter|tweeting]] about his emotions and conversations with his hospitalized mother during her last days of life in an intensive-care unit. Commenting on this ground breaking use of social media, he stated, “I just realized: she once had to let me go into the big wide world. Now I have to let her go the same way”. In March 2015, he published a memoir about his mother titled ''Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lozada|first1=Carlos|title=Review of "Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime" by Scott Simon|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2015/03/19/after-tweeting-his-mothers-death-nprs-scott-simon-has-written-the-book-of-her-life/|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
In July 2013, in a groundbreaking use of social media, Simon began [[Twitter|tweeting]] his emotions and conversations with his mother during her last days of life, which she spent in a hospital intensive-care unit. “I just realized: she once had to let me go into the big wide world. Now I have to let her go the same way”, read one tweet. In March 2015, he published a memoir about her titled ''Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lozada|first1=Carlos|title=Review of "Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime" by Scott Simon|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2015/03/19/after-tweeting-his-mothers-death-nprs-scott-simon-has-written-the-book-of-her-life/|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 08:36, 1 May 2016

This article is about the NPR journalist. For the country music entertainment executive, see Scott Siman.
For other people named Scott Simon, see Scott Simon (disambiguation).
Scott Simon
Simon in 2010
Born (1952-03-16) March 16, 1952 (age 72)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
OccupationPresenter
OrganizationNational Public Radio
Known forWeekend Edition Saturday
SpouseCaroline Richard (m. 2000; 2 children)
WebsiteProgram website
Personal website

Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952)[1][2] is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR.

Early life

Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons.[3][4][5] He also had a sister who died at a young age.[6] He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.[4]

Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic.[7] His father died when Scott was 16,[8] and his mother later married former minor league baseball player Ralph G. Newman, an American Civil War scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.[9]

Career

Simon has been with NPR for over three decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief.[7]

His books include Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan (2000); Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball (2002); Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption (2010), about his experiences adopting two daughters; and the novels Pretty Birds (2005) and Windy City: A Novel of Politics (2008).[10]

Simon has hosted many television series and specials, including PBS's Need to Know in 2011-13.[11] He guest-hosted BBC World News America, filling in for Matt Frei[citation needed], and anchored NBC's Weekend Today in 1992–93.

Controversies

After September 11, 2001, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror", publishing an op-ed in the October 11, 2001, Wall Street Journal titled "Even Pacifists Must Support This War."[12] He questioned nonviolence at greater length in the Quaker publication Friends Journal in December 2001,[13] provoking many angry letters, to which he replied in the May 2003 issue.[14]

On November 15, 2014, at the beginning of an interview for Weekend Edition Saturday, Bill Cosby and his wife Camille declined to respond to the accusations of sexual assault against Cosby when Simon gave them the opportunity. As narrated by Simon in the interview, Cosby only shook his head no. The rest of the interview focused on the couple's loan of their 62-piece African art collection for an exhibition in Washington, D.C.[15]

Awards

Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody and the Emmy, and has received numerous honorary degrees.[16] In May 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Willamette University, where he was that year's commencement speaker.[17] He was named a Lincoln Laureate in 2016.[18]

Family

Simon met French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard during an NPR interview in 2000. They married September 10, 2000, in a mixed-faith (Methodist, Quaker, and Jewish) service in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at the home of fashion designer Alexander Julian.[1] They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China: Elise, in 2004,[19][20][21] and Lina, in 2007.[22] They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic).[7][20]

In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had twice bought food there for their daughter Elise. The health of the family was not affected.[23]

In July 2013, in a groundbreaking use of social media, Simon began tweeting his emotions and conversations with his mother during her last days of life, which she spent in a hospital intensive-care unit. “I just realized: she once had to let me go into the big wide world. Now I have to let her go the same way”, read one tweet. In March 2015, he published a memoir about her titled Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b Lois Smith Brady (September 10, 2000). "Weddings: Vows; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
  2. ^ "Annoying Campaign Songs". Weekend Edition Saturday. February 23, 2008. National Public Radio. Audio. {{cite episode}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |episodelink= (help); External link in |transcripturl= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Susan Van Dongen (November 14, 2000). "Three Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland and NPR's Scott Simon". The Princeton Packet. Retrieved February 23, 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b NPR Biography on Scott Simon. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  5. ^ Simon - Family Pictures. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  6. ^ Terry Gross. "Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise Of Adoption'". Fresh Air.
  7. ^ a b c Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, "NPR host Scott Simon to cover every beat for Chico audience", Chico News, May 5, 2011.
  8. ^ Simon, Scott. "'We Don't Fully Grow Up' Until We Lose Our Parents". NPR. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. ^ Jonathan Alter, "Chicago's Cubs", The Washington Monthly, May 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2007.
  10. ^ Scott Simon Books. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  11. ^ "Biography: Scott Simon". NPR. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  12. ^ Web copy made available by Ellen Comisso, accessed January 16, 2010. The op-ed is cited and quoted in "When reporters sound off, eyebrows rise". Current. September 8, 2003., accessed January 16, 2010.
  13. ^ Simon, Scott (December 1, 2001). "Reflections on the Events of September 11". Friends Journal.
  14. ^ Simon, Scott (May 1, 2003). "To Friends Journal Readers: A Response". Friends Journal.
  15. ^ "In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines to Discuss Assault Allegations". NPR. November 15, 2014.
  16. ^ "Biography: Scott Simon". NPR. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  17. ^ "2010 Honorary Degrees", Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters & CLA Commencement Speaker, Willamette University.
  18. ^ http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Governors-press-release.2.12.16.pdf
  19. ^ "Cat and Child, So Comfy Together", by Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, November 27, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  20. ^ a b Jeff Rubin, "NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves", Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, October 18, 2006. Also at InterfaithFamily.com. Both retrieved July 10, 2007.
  21. ^ "Scott Simon Releases First Novel:Pretty Birds", WKAR, August 30, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  22. ^ "Reflections on Welcoming a New Family Member", Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, June 30, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  23. ^ "NPR report." NPR. November 30, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  24. ^ Lozada, Carlos. "Review of "Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime" by Scott Simon". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2015.

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