Biographical information on Tim Russert
NAME — Tim Russert.
AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 58; born May 7, 1950, in Buffalo, N.Y.
EXPERIENCE — Moderator, NBC News' "Meet the Press," 1991-2008; Washington bureau chief, NBC News, 1988-2008; reporter, NBC News, 1984-88; counselor, New York Governor's office in Albany, N.Y., 1983-84; special counsel, U.S. Senate, 1977-82.
EDUCATION — Bachelor's degree, John Carroll University, 1972; law degree, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, 1976.
FAMILY — Wife, Maureen Orth; son, Luke.
QUOTE — "I know what the conservatives think, what the liberals think, what the Democrats think, what the Republicans think, and I try to master both sides of an issue to a point where I'm totally confused as to what I think." — Russert, in a 2004 interview with CNN.