Greta Van Susteren

Born:	June 11, 1954  USA Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
Occupation:	Host of On the Record (Fox News Channel)
Website:	Bio on FoxNews.com

Greta Van Susteren (born June 11, 1954 in Appleton, Wisconsin) is an American journalist and television personality on the Fox News Channel where she hosts On the Record, the highest rated program on cable news at 10 p.m. (ET). She previously worked at CNN from 1991 to 2002. She is married to Washington, D.C. lawyer John Coale. Van Susteren has been cited before Congress by CFO of Fox News Channel's Parent Company Rupert Murdoch as an example of a left-leaning voice on the network^[1] June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Appleton is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, on the Fox River, 100 miles (161 km) north of Milwaukee. ... On the Record is an American current affairs television program on the Fox News Channel. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Appleton is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, on the Fox River, 100 miles (161 km) north of Milwaukee. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... The Fox News Channel (FNC) is a United States-based cable and satellite news channel. ... On the Record is an American current affairs television program on the Fox News Channel. ... EST (shown in yellow) is UTC-5 The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Education

Van Susteren graduated from Xavier High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1972, and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976. Van Susteren also studied law at Georgetown University Law Center, earning both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Laws (1979, 1982). Xavier High School is a Roman Catholic High School in Appleton, Wisconsin in the Diocese of Green Bay. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as UW–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The schools original sign, preserved on the north quad of the present-day campus. ... Doctor of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Juris Doctor (abbreviated J.D. or JD, from the Latin) is a degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ...

Family

She is of Irish ancestry on her mother's side as well as 1/4 Dutch, 1/8th French and 1/8th German on her father's. ^[2] Her father, Urban Van Susteren, was an old friend, fellow law student, and later campaign strategist for Joe McCarthy's successful 1946 U.S. Senate campaign where he defeated two-term incumbent Robert LaFollette, Jr., in a three-candidate race. During his Senate career, McCarthy lived in the Van Susterens' Appleton home whenever he was not in Washington^[3]. Joseph McCarthy This article is about the American politician. ... Robert Marion La Follette, Jr. ...

Van Susteren's sister, Lise, was formerly a candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from the state of Maryland. Lise is a forensic psychiatrist from Bethesda, Maryland. ^{[4] [5]} Greta is also a practicing Scientologist. ^[6] Lise Van Susteren is a forensic psychiatrist from Bethesda, Maryland and sister of Fox News journalist Greta Van Susteren. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,417 sq mi (32,160 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33... Forensic psychiatry is a subspeciality of psychiatry. ... Bethesda is an urbanized, but unincorporated, area in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a church located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from Jerusalems Pool of Bethesda. ... A Scientologist is a believer in Scientology. ...

Career

Greta Van Susteren first came to prominence in 1991, covering the William Kennedy Smith trial for CNN; however, her coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder case made her widely recognizable and respected as a legal analyst. She was noticed by the network's programming executives and was given a co-anchor spot alongside political analyst Roger Cossack on the legal affairs news show Burden of Proof. She also hosted the primetime program The Point with Greta Van Susteren, which was the second highest rated program on CNN. William Kennedy Smith (born September 4, 1960) is an American physician whose work focuses on landmines and the rehabilitation of people disabled by them. ... The O.J. Simpson murder case was a highly publicized U.S. criminal trial in which former football star and actor O.J. Simpson was charged with the murder of one of his ex-wives and her friend. ... Roger Cossack is currently a legal analyst for ESPN, Court TV, and a adjunct professor at Pepperdine University School of Law. ...

In 2002, the Fox News Channel snagged her in a highly-publicized contract bidding war, which Van Susteren admitted included an incident where she was headed to New York to talk with Fox management when her flight was cancelled because of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

With the funds she received from her new contract, Van Susteren obtained a facelift, blepharoplasty, and dental implants. This act received considerable media coverage (e.g., a People cover story entitled "Nipped, Tucked, and Talking"), which included speculation that Fox had required the surgery before allowing the "plain" Van Susteren on the air. A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (literally, surgical removal of wrinkles), is a procedure used in plastic surgery to give a more youthful appearance. ... Blepharoplasty is a cosmetic plastic surgical procedure intended to reshape the upper eyelid or lower eyelid by the removal and/or repositioning of excess tissue as well as by reinforcement of surrounding muscles and tendons. ... A dental implant is an artificial tooth root replacement and is used in prosthetic dentistry. ...

Since that time, she has hosted the current affairs show On the Record with Greta Van Susteren and has become one of the network's more popular personalities, on par with Bill O'Reilly and Shepard Smith. Van Susteren tends to take a neutral stance and allows her regular guest panelists to slug it out. On the Record with Greta Van Susteren is an American criminal/legal news television program appearing on Fox News Channel. ... For other persons of the same name, see Bill OReilly. ... Shepard Smith (born David Shepard Smith, Jr. ...

References

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External Links

• FOX News Bio of Greta Van Susteren
• On the Record w/Greta Van Susteren, from FOXnews.com