Lee Cowan CBS News Bio Wiki Age Height Wife Salary and Net Worth
Lee Cowan is an American journalist working at CBS News in Los Angeles, United States. He is currently serving as CBS News National Correspondent for the CBS Evening News and a substitute anchor for CBS Sunday Morning.
Previously, Lee was a reporter for NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati. In addition, he contributed to all NBC News properties, includingNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,Today,and MSNBC.
He was born on May 1, 1965, in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Lee is 56 years old.
He is a man of above-average stature. Lee is tall stands at a height of5 ft. 8 in(approx. 1.73 m). However, information about his weight is currently unavailable.
He was born and raised by his parents in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father, Leland B. Cowan, is a surgical and radiation oncologist. Moreover, His mother is known as Constance W. Cowan. However, there is no available information regarding his sibling, therefore, we will update you as soon as possible.
He is happily married to his wifeMolly Palmer. His wife is a television associate producer. In addition, Molly is the daughter of television news correspondentJohn Palmerand writerNancy Doyle Palmer. Lee and her wife, Molly, tied the knot on April 14, 2012. The pair has two children,Kevin Cowan, who was born on December 23, 2016, andHarrison Leland Cowanwho was born on March 9, 2019. The family of 4 is residing in Santa Monica.
He graduated from theUniversity of Washingtonwith a double major in communication and speech communications in 1988.
He is working as CBS News National correspondents for the CBS Evening News as well as a substitute anchor for CBS Sunday Morning in Los Angeles since 2011. Lee has covered major stories including the nation’s national saftey scheme, childhood poverty as well as the Navajo nation’s water shortage. In addition, he has interviewed prominent and famous people including, First Lady Michelle Obama, Bruno Mars, Carol Burnett, and Billie Jean King.
Previously, Lee worked as an NBC Nightly News reporter with Brian Williams from 2007 to 2011. Before that, he worked as a reporter for CBS News in the CBS NEWSPATH division from 1996 to 2006. Notably, Lee returned to CBS News in 2011. Prior to joining CBS News, he worked as an anchor and reporter for NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati.
Before that, Lee served as a reporter for CBS affiliate WWMT in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Moreover, he worked as a weekend anchor for KCOY in Santa Maria, California. Also, lee worked as news director and an anchor for NBC’s KIEM in Eureka, California. He began his broadcast journalism career working as a researcher for CBS News Nightwatch and also CBS Evening News in Washington, D.C.
Some of Lee’s Colleagues at CBS News Includes:
Adriana Diaz– CBSNews Correspondent
Jan Crawford– Political Correspondent
Dana Jacobson– Host and Correspondent
Lee Cowan– National Correspondent
Peter Van Sant– Correspondent
Elizabeth Palmer– senior foreign correspondent
He tied the knot with the love of his life, Molly Palmer in a colorful wedding at Alban’s Paris in Washington in 2012. Molly is an associate producer with “Today,” based in Burbank, Calif. The pair met in 2009 while working for NBC’s “Today.” Notably, despite their huge age difference Molly says that she was impressed by lee’s maturity.
He was married to his former wife whom he has not revealed her name or the reason for divorce. In addition, lee lived for more than a decade single man before meeting Molly in 2009. Currently, he is married to Molly and they have two beautiful children.
He is working for CBS News and, therefore, there is no doubt he is earning a decent salary. Lee earns an average salary of$ 80,425annually.
He is fairly tall in stature and stands at an approximated height of5 ft. 8 in(1.73 m).
