Editing Walter Cronkite (section)

== Early life and education ==
Cronkite was born on November 4, 1916, in [[Saint Joseph, Missouri]],<ref name="Barron" /> the son of Helen Lena (née Fritsche) and Dr. Walter Leland Cronkite, a dentist.<ref name="KTVN Channel 2" /><ref name="kansas" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Walter-Cronkite.html|title=Walter Cronkite Biography (1916–2009)|publisher=Film Reference|access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref>

Cronkite lived in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], until he was 10, when his family moved to [[Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref name="kansas">{{cite web|last=Barnhart|first=Aaron|title=How Missouri native became 'most trusted man in America'|publisher=McClatchy|date=July 17, 2009|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/07/17/72071/how-missouri-native-became-most.html|access-date=August 2, 2012}}</ref> He attended elementary school at [[Woodrow Wilson]] Elementary School (now [[Baker Montessori School]]),<ref name=MeeksPivotal>{{cite web|author=Meeks, Flori|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights/news/article/Switch-to-Montessori-proved-pivotal-for-Wilson-5457778.php|title=Switch to Montessori proved pivotal for Wilson school|publisher=Heights Examiner, [[Houston Chronicle]]|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> junior high school at Lanier Junior High School (now [[Lanier Middle School (Houston)|Lanier Middle School]]) in Houston, and high school at [[San Jacinto High School (Houston)|San Jacinto High School]], where he edited the high school newspaper.<ref name="Barron" /> He was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]]. He attended college at the [[The University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas at Austin]] (UT), entering in the fall term of 1933,<ref name="UTKNOW2009"/> where he worked on the ''[[The Daily Texan|Daily Texan]]'' and became a member of the Nu chapter of the [[Chi Phi]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Walter Cronkite dead at 92|newspaper=Austin Statesman|date = July 17, 2009}}</ref> He also was a member of the Houston chapter of [[DeMolay]], a Masonic fraternal organization for boys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Walter Cronkite Was My Brother |url=http://www.mastermason.com/acacia/DeMolay/Cronkite.htm |website=mastermason.com |access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>

While attending UT, Cronkite had his first taste of performance, appearing in a play with fellow student [[Eli Wallach]]. He dropped out in 1935, not returning for the fall term, to concentrate on journalism.<ref name="UTKNOW2009">{{cite interview |last=Cronkite |first=Walter |subject-link=Walter Cronkite |interviewer=Don Carleton |title=Cronkite's Texas: A Q&A with Walter Cronkite |url= http://news.utexas.edu/2009/12/04/cronkites-texas-a-qa-with-walter-cronkite |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |location=Austin, Texas, U.S. |date=December 4, 2009 |work=UTNews |access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>