Biography

John Scali was a longtime ABC news correspondent who later served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in the Nixon Administration (1973- 1976). During his first tenure at ABC, Scali became an intermediary between the Kennedy Administration and Soviet Embassy officials during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a year after he joined ABC-TV and radio from The Associated Press. He met with the Soviets three times during the crisis.

Scali joined the Nixon Administration in April, 1971 at the request of the President, and traveled to 79 countries as a special consultant to the President. After leaving his role as UN Ambassador in 1976, he returned to ABC until he retired in 1993. Upon his death, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetary.
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He discovered Peter Jennings working for a television station in Ottowa.

During his journalism career he received many awards, including the Overseas Press Club Award for distinguished reporting of foreign news (1964), the Distinguished Public Service Award from Boston University (his alma mater), and the Distinguished Achievement of the Year Award from the University of Southern California. The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists created The John Scali Award to be given annually to reporters who display the qualities of "retraint and worthiness" that Scali displayed during the Cuban Missile Crisis.