Editing Dan Rather (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Dan Rather media talk.jpg|thumb|Rather at [[South by Southwest]] 2007; discussing media, the internet, and asking the "hard questions".]]

Rather was married to Jean Goebel for 67 years, from 1957 until her death in November 2024.<ref>[https://people.com/dan-rather-wife-artist-jean-rather-dies-at-89-8752577 Dan Rather's Wife, Artist Jean Rather, Dies at 89: A ''Rock of True Texas Grit''], ''[[People Magazine]]'', Angel Saunders, November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.</ref> They had a son and daughter, and maintained homes in New York City and [[Austin, Texas]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Dan Rather Retorting |date=March 2005 |magazine= [[Texas Monthly]]}}</ref> Their daughter Robin is an environmentalist and community activist in Austin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dreyer |first1=Throne |title=Rag Radio 2013-09-27 – Newsman Dan Rather & Environmentalist Robin Rather in First Father-Daughter Interview |url=https://archive.org/details/RagRadio2013-09-27-DanRatherAndRobinRather |website=archive.org |access-date=August 11, 2019|date=September 27, 2013}}</ref> Their son Dan is an assistant D.A. in the Manhattan, New York City, District Attorney's office.<ref>{{cite news |title=Judith M. White And Dan Rather, Lawyer, to Marry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/17/style/judith-m-white-and-dan-rather-lawyer-to-marry.html |newspaper=The New York Times  |access-date=August 11, 2019 |date=April 17, 1988}}</ref>

[[Sam Houston State University]] renamed its mass communications building after Rather in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Rather To Speak At SHSU On September 28 |url=https://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/T%40S/2011/danrathertospeakatSHSU.html |website=shsu.edu |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> The building houses ''The Houstonian'' and [[KSHU]], the student-run radio and television stations. In May 2007, Rather received an honorary [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] from [[Siena College]] in [[Loudonville, New York|Loudonville]], New York, for his lifetime contributions to journalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Rather {{!}} Siena College |url=https://www.siena.edu/alumni-and-friends/alumni-relations/awards-recognitions/honorary-degree-recipients/dan-rather/ |website=siena.edu |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>

A columnist whose work is distributed by [[King Features Syndicate]], Rather continues to speak out against political influence in journalism by corporations and governments. At a 2008 conference in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, sponsored by the group [[Free Press (advocacy group)|Free Press]], Rather criticized both local and national news organizations, stating—according to reports—that there is no longer incentive to do "good and valuable news".<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6568264.html?rssid=193
|title=Former CBS anchor lashes out at corporate news at media reform conference in Minneapolis
|first=John |last=Eggerton |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=June 8, 2008}}</ref>