Kalb was the Shorenstein Centre’s Founding Director and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy (1987–1999). The Shorenstein Centre and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University. He is currently a James Clark Welling Fellow at The George Washington University. Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for CBS News and NBC News and was the last newsman recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News. His work at CBS landed him on Richard Nixon’s “enemies list”. At NBC, he served as chief Diplomatic Correspondent and host of Meet the Press. During many years of Kalb’s tenures at CBS and NBC, his brother Bernard worked alongside him.