What is Walter Jacobson?
'''Walter David Jacobson''' (born July 28, 1937) is an [[United States|American]], historian, and television personality. He is the anchor of WBBM-TV news at 6:00 pm. He was the anchor of WFLD news until his retirement in 2006. Jacobson was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] on July 28, 1937. He attended New Trier [[High school|High School]] and Grinnell College. He got a B.A. degree. He went to [[Columbia University]] in New York to receive his J.D. degree. He was married to Lynn Straus from 1960 until they divorced in the 1970s. They had two children including actor [[Peter Jacobson]]. He was married to Diane Dybsky from 1980 until they divorced. They had two children. He has been married to Susan Jacobson since 1995. He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. On June 18, 2008 Jacobson was arrested for [[DUI]] driving near his Chicago home. He pleaded guilty and received supervision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicagoduilaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/chicago-dui-guilty-plea-for-acclaimed.html|title=Chicago DUI Guilty Plea for Acclaimed News Broadcaster Walter Jacobson|first=Law Office Of Ava George Stewart|last=P.c|date=4 April 2009|publisher=}}</ref> On November 2002 he slipped on a pumpkin in his house and broke several ribs. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mug-photogallery,0,5488047.photogallery Mugshot photo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914000810/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mug-photogallery,0,5488047.photogallery |date=2012-09-14 }} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobson, Walter}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American television news anchors]] [[Category:Television personalities from Chicago]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Journalists from Chicago]]