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Rowland Evans Jr. (April 28, 1921 – March 23, 2001) was an American journalist. He was known best for his decades-long syndicated column and television partnership with Robert Novak, a partnership that endured, if only by way of a joint subscription newsletter, until Evans's death.Novak, Robert (April 2, 2001). Rowland Evans (1921-2001). ''Human Events''


Life and career


Early life

Born in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, Evans attended
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briefly, but left to join the
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and saw action in the
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during
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. Medically discharged in 1944 after contracting
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, Evans began his journalism career with the ''
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'' before he joining the '' New York Herald-Tribune'' and working his way up to becoming the paper's Congressional correspondent. He became a Washington journalist in 1945.


1945–1979

It was in that role that he met his lifelong writing partner, Robert Novak, the Capitol Hill correspondent for ''
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''. They founded the "Evans-Novak Political Report" in 1967, four years after they had launched their nationally syndicated column. His work landed him on the
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. "Inside Report" became noteworthy among syndicated political columns for being what the trade called "dope pieces" almost exclusively: inside reporting more than polemics, even though the team's
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inclination gradually became evident.


1980–1990

By 1980, Evans & Novak were among the most widely syndicated columns in the United States as well as frequent guests on news-oriented radio and television talk programs. The team was among the first to join the fledgling
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, with ''Evans & Novak'' becoming one of the cable network's best-watched discussion programs. Al Hunt and Mark Shields later joined the show as Evans scaled back his on-air work, and the title became '' Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields''. In addition, Evans, on his own and with his writing partner, contributed essays to such magazines as ''
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'', ''
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'', and others, not to mention joining his partner as a ''
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'' contributing editor. The team also co-wrote several books, including ''Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power'' (1966); ''Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power'' (1971); and ''The Reagan Revolution'' (1981). They were featured prominently in ''The Boys on the Bus'', Timothy Crouse's memorable best-seller about the workings of the Washington press corps during the 1972 presidential campaigns. Despite his strong conservative stances, Evans was a close friend of President
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. Novak reported that Kennedy had his first dinner as
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with Evans.


1990–2001

Evans retired from the Evans & Novak syndicated column in 1993, but he remained Novak's partner on television and in publishing a bi-weekly newsletter, ''The Evans & Novak Political Report''. He was diagnosed with
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in 2000 and died in a Washington, D.C. hospital a month before his 80th birthday.Kuczynski, Alex (March 24, 2001). Rowland Evans, 79, TV Host And Conservative Columnist. ''
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References


External links

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