Editing Chris Matthews (section)

==Early life and education==
Matthews was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], the son of Mary Teresa (née Shields) and Herb Matthews, a court reporter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Matthews__Chris.html |title=Chris Matthews |website=Pabook.libraries.psu.edu |access-date=October 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014105732/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Matthews__Chris.html |archive-date=2012-10-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKNGhCqmFRYC&pg=PA469 |title=Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero |access-date=October 28, 2012 |isbn=9781451635102 |last1=Matthews |first1=Chris |date=November 2011 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |via=Google Books}}</ref> Matthews's father was, he has written, "raised [[Episcopalian]]—Church of England," of English and [[Ulster Scots people|Scots-Irish]] ancestry, and his mother was from an [[Irish Catholic]] family;<ref>''Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think'', by Chris Matthews, pp.77–80, 2001</ref> Matthews and his siblings were raised in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] faith.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Deborah |url=http://usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/CMatthews.htm |title=Profile of Chris Matthews, Host of MSNBC's Hardball |work=[[About.com]] |access-date=2010-06-22 |archive-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112213807/http://usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/CMatthews.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Matthews attended [[La Salle College High School]]. Matthews is a 1967 graduate of the [[College of the Holy Cross]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], and did graduate work in economics at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3080432 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619213959/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080432/ns/msnbc_tv-meet_the_faces_of_msnbc/ |url-status=live |archive-date=2009-06-19 |title=Chris Matthews - Meet the faces of MSNBC |website=MSNBC.com |date=January 26, 2007 |access-date=2010-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574257/Chris-Matthews | title=Chris Matthews (American) | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref> Matthews was also a visiting fellow at [[Harvard University]]'s Institute of Politics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Fellows by Year |url=http://www.iop.harvard.edu/former-fellows-year#visiting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721175903/http://www.iop.harvard.edu/former-fellows-year#visiting |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2014 |website=[[Harvard University]] |access-date=4 November 2013 }}</ref>

Matthews served in the [[United States Peace Corps]] in [[Swaziland]] from 1968 to 1970<ref>{{cite news |title=9 Famous Peace Corp Volunteers |url=http://www.parade.com/147327/parade/famous-peace-corps-volunteers/#147338 |newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=11 August 2011}}</ref> as a trade development adviser.

Matthews holds 34 honorary degrees from numerous universities and colleges.