Marvin Kalb is director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy. A distinguished journalist for CBS and NBC News, Kalb will leave his directorship by the end of June to head up the Center's office in Washington, D.C.

Over a 30-year career as chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS News and as moderator of Meet the Press, Kalb received numerous awards for excellence in diplomatic reporting, including two Peabody Prizes, a DuPont Prize, and more than half a dozen Overseas Press Club Awards. As the first director of the Shorenstein Center, Kalb "built a premier research center focused on the dance between politics and the press and public policy," said Joseph S. Nye Jr., Dean of the Kennedy School. In the years since its establishment in 1986 "Marvin has presided over the Shorenstein Center with a mix of grace, intellect, and wit," continued Nye.

The Kalb Professorship will provide for teaching and research on issues related to Kalb's distinguished career in journalism and scholarship, with an emphasis on the role of global communications and contemporary technology and its impact on policy and leadership.