Editing Sam Donaldson (section)

{{Short description|American journalist (born 1934)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
|image        = Sam Donaldson 1995.jpg
|caption      = Donaldson in 1995
|birth_name   = {{Nowrap|Samuel Andrew Donaldson, Jr.}}
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1934|03|11}}
|birth_place  = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
|occupation   = Journalist; television news pundit; panelist for ''[[ABC News Now]]''
|spouse       = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Patricia Oates|1954|1962|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Billie Kay Butler|1963|1980|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Janice C. Smith|1983|2014|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Sandra Martorelli|2014}}}}
|children     = 4
|years_active = 1967-2009
|module       = {{Infobox military person
|embed        = yes
|embed_title  = Military service
|allegiance   = <!-- United States -->
|branch       = [[United States Army]]
|branch_label = [[Military branch|Branch]]
|serviceyears_label = Service&nbsp;years
|serviceyears = 1956–1959
|rank         = [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
}}
}}

'''Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr.'''<ref name=filmr>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/45/Sam-Donaldson.html|title=Sam Donaldson Biography (1934-)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref> (born March 11, 1934) is a retired television reporter, and also [[news anchor]]. He broadcast with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] from 1967 to 2009.  He was well known as the White House Correspondent (1977–1989 and 1998–99) with a booming loud voice, which could get the attention of President Reagan, amazingly cutting through the noise of whirling helicopter blades.<ref name=Boomigger-A000>{{cite web
	| url =https://www.k-state.edu/landon/speakers/sam-donaldson/
	| title =Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues: Sam Donaldson ABC News Veteran
	| date =1997-11-21
	| website =k-state.edu 
	| publisher =Kansas State University 
	| access-date =2024-06-16
	| quote ="…  audiences became familiar with the sound of Donaldson's voice booming over the rest of the White House press corps  …"
}}</ref><ref name=Boomigger-A001>{{cite web
	| url =https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/april-ryan-reminisces-about-sam-donaldsons-voice/ 
	| title =April Ryan Reminisces About Sam Donaldson's Voice 
	| last =Marx 
	| first =Damon 
	| date =2015-04-16
	| website =adweek.com 
	| publisher =Adweek 
	| access-date =2024-06-16 
	| quote ="… Sam Donaldson's booming voice …" 
}}</ref><ref name=Boomigger-A002>{{cite web
	| url =https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sam-Donaldson 
	| title =Sam Donaldson Biography & Facts Britannica 
	| author =((The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica))
	| date =2024-04-30
	| website =britannica.com 
	| publisher =Encyclopaedia Britannica 
	| access-date =2024-06-16 
	| quote =" … His booming voice and his persistent questions  … " 
}}</ref> He was a panelist and co-anchor of Sunday's [[This Week (ABC TV series)|''This Week'']] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|American Broadcasting Company (ABC)]].