A graduate of Hackensack High School's class of 1965 and the University of Nebraska's class of 1969, Harold Dow was an admirable athlete and journalist. HIs athletic career included five varsity letters from high high school football and wrestling teams. In his two years on Varsity with his football teammates, his teams went 16-1, winning the State and League Titles. On the wrestling team, Dow was a three year starter, helping his team win two League and District Championships, placing second in the Bergen County Tournament, and winning the District Title at 130 pounds. In addition to his impressive athletic career, Dow went on to become an enormously successful journalist. His professional career boasts titles such as that of talk-show host at KETV-TV in Omaha, a reporter at Theta Cable TV in Santa Monica, KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, WPAT Radio in New Jersey, and a member of the CBS-TV crew in Los Angeles. His work at CBS ultimately gave him the most renown. Dow was responsible for the creation of the weekly news show "48 Hours," on which he starred until the time of his death. Additionally, Dow is credited with having conducted the first and exclusive interviews with Patty Hearst and OJ Simpson following the murder of his wife and Ron Goldman. Dow earned acclaim for his work on the CBS report "Change and Challenge: The Inauguration of Barack Obama" from the National Association of Black Journalists as well as being recognized for his work in covering American Troops in Bosnia, the PanAm Flight 103 Disaster, and the return of American POWs from Vietnam. Additional recognition for Dow's work came in the form of the George Foster Peabody Award for his "48 Hours" report on Runways, the Robert F. Kennedy Award for his report on Public Housing, the Operation Push Excellence in Journalism for his work on a piece covering singled Patti LaBelle, an Edward R. Morrow Award,and Dow was a five time Emmy award winner for his reports, including that of Flight 103 Ground 9/11, and that of Troops in Bosnia. Harold Dow nearly died during his coverage of Ground Zero during September 11th as the first reporter on the scene. As a result, he developed Adult Onset Asthma which claimed his life on August 21, 2010. Actor James Earl Jones gave the eulogy at his funeral. Dow is survived by his wife, Kathy, and children, Danica, Joelle, and David. Click for a video interview with Harold's son David and nephew Jay at the 2013 NJ NWHOF induction.