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Forrest DeWitt Sawyer is an news anchor for both NBC and its cable counterpart, MSNBC. Sawyer is an occasional substitute for Brian Williams as anchor for NBC Nightly News. Prior to joining NBC, he spent 11 years with ABC News, where he anchored ABC World News Tonight Saturday and frequently substituted for Ted Koppel on Nightline. During that time he earned Emmy Awards in 1992, 1993, and 1994 while with ABC-TV's "Day One" and "Nightline". After starting in radio, Sawyer moved into television with the Atlanta CBS affiliate from 1980 to 1985. In 1985 he then took over as anchorman on "The CBS Morning News" until 1987. He joined ABC-TV in 1988 as anchorman on "World News This Morning" and also hosted "World News Sunday" before leaving the network.

He is a recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award, seven National Emmy Awards, two Sigma Delta Chi Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Associated Press Award, an Ohio State Award, an Ark Award and two American Psychological Association Awards.

Sawyer moderated a debate between two fictitious presidential candidates on the November 6, 2005, episode of the NBC television drama, The West Wing, which aired live.

He is a 1967 graduate of Kathleen High School in Lakeland, Florida. He attended the University of Florida where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

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