George Stephanopoulos - Biography

Last Editor: amcoodies				George Stephanopoulos Biography -   Name : George Stephanopoulos Profession : TV Broadcaster Birth Details : born February 10, 1961 Birth name : George Robert Stephanopoulos Spouse : Alexandra Wentworth (20 November 2001 - present) 2 children

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Served as Executive Floor Manager to House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt prior to 1992. He received his Masters in theology at Balliol College, Oxford University, England, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude in political science. Served on the Clinton/Gore campaign as the Deputy Campaign Manager and Director of Communications during the 1992 presidential election. Served in the Clinton Administration as the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy. Appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" (1975), where he is a political commentator, along with financee Alexandra Wentworth to announce their engagement. [24 July 2001] Proposed to Wentworth after only 3 months of dating. welcomed first child daughter Elliott Anastasia on September 9, 2002. His father, the Very Reverend Robert Stephanopolous, is the Dean at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in NYC, the home parish of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Wentworth and Stephanopolous were married at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in NYC. His father presided over the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony that united them. Referred to in an episode of "Friends" (1994), The One With George Stephanopoulos, but he does not appear onscreen. Graduated Salutatorian at Columbia University Daughters: Elliott and Harper were the exact same height and weight at birth. His wife Ali, gave birth to their second daughter, Harper Andrea Stephanopoulos was born at 2:42 a.m. weighing 6lbs. 9ozs, 19 inches. [June 2, 2005]

George Stephanopoulos Detailed Biography -

George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster and political adviser. He is ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week; he was previously a senior political adviser to the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and later became Clinton's press secretary and communications director. He is married to actress Alexandra Wentworth, with whom he has two daughters. George Stephanopoulos was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the descendant of Greek immigrants. His parents followed the Greek Orthodox faith, and Stephanopoulos, whose father was a Greek Orthodox priest, had long considered entering the priesthood himself. However, when he was a freshman in high school, he decided that he would rather pursue a different profession. Stephanopoulos attributes his experience as an altar boy, where he played a behind-the-scenes role helping the person in the spotlight, his father, as the formative experience that made him well-suited to political spinning. Stephanopoulos wrestled competitively in high school, though he was a poor wrestler. He reports being a short, chubby kid, and was very awkward in his high school years. During college at Columbia University he says he "came into his own." Stephanopoulos received his bachelor's degree from Columbia in 1982, where he was a Truman Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in political science. Stephanopoulos' father had always wanted his son to become a lawyer, if not a priest, so he promised his father that he would attend law school eventually. Initially he took a job with a Congressman from Cleveland, and served as an aide in Washington, D.C. Nevertheless, his father persistently questioned him as to when he would attend law school, so Stephanopoulos agreed to attend law school if he was not offered a Rhodes Scholarship. Though he had been rejected for the scholarship during his senior year at Columbia, Stephanopoulos was successful in his second attempt. While at Oxford, Stephanopoulos earned a master's degree in theology at Balliol College. He reported spending much of his time trying to root his political leanings in deeper philosophies that he studied while at Oxford.