Editing Chet Huntley (section)

==Early life==
Huntley was born in [[Cardwell, Montana|Cardwell]], [[Montana]],<ref name="papers">{{cite web |title=Chet Huntley Papers, circa 1912-2017 |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv21549 |publisher=Orbis Cascade Alliance |access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref> the only son and eldest of four children born to Percy Adams Huntley and Blanche Wadine ([[née]] Tatham) Huntley. The family was of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] descent.<ref>{{ cite book | title = The Mark of the Scots: Their Astonishing Contributions to History, Science, Democracy, Literature and the Arts | author = Duncan A. Bruce | date = 1996 | publisher = Citadel | id = B010JYVVGI}}</ref> His father was a [[Telegraphist|telegraph operator]] for the [[Northern Pacific Railway]], and young Chet was born in the Cardwell depot living quarters. Owing to the railroad's seniority system, wherein employees with longer tenure could "bump" newer employees, the family moved often. They lived in Cardwell, [[Saco, Montana|Saco]], [[Willow Creek, Montana|Willow Creek]], [[Logan, Montana|Logan]], [[Big Timber, Montana|Big Timber]], [[Norris, Montana|Norris]], [[Whitehall, Montana|Whitehall]], and [[Three Forks, Montana|Three Forks]] while he was a child.<ref name=OyanK-GFT-1999-12-19>Oyan, Katie (December 19, 1999). - "Chester R. 'Chet' Huntley". - ''[[Great Falls Tribune]]''.</ref><ref name=huntley2>{{cite web|title=125 Montana Newsmakers: Chester R. "Chet" Huntley|url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers3/huntley.html|work=Great Falls Tribune|author=Tribune Staff|access-date=August 26, 2011|archive-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309205500/http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers3/huntley.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He graduated from Whitehall High School in [[Whitehall, Montana|Whitehall]],<ref name=OyanK-GFT-1999-12-19 /> and attended [[Montana State University - Bozeman|Montana State College]] in [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]], where he was a member of [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] [[fraternity]]. He attended [[Cornish College of the Arts]] in [[Seattle]] before graduating from the [[University of Washington]] in 1934, with a degree in speech and drama.<ref name="nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu">{{cite web|url=http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv21549|title=Archives West: Chet Huntley Papers, 1920-1977}}</ref>