Editing Robert MacNeil (section)

==Early life and education==
MacNeil was born in [[Montreal]] on January 19, 1931, the son of Margaret Virginia (née Oxner) and Robert A. S. MacNeil, a Royal Canadian Navy officer in World War II and later a Canadian foreign service officer.<ref name="pbs2024">{{cite news |last1=Davenport |first1=Anne Azzi |last2=Brown |first2=Jeffrey |title=Robert MacNeil, co-founder of NewsHour, dies at 93 |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/robert-macneil-co-founder-of-newshour-dies-at-93 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=PBS NewsHour |publisher=PBS |date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412185133/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/robert-macneil-co-founder-of-newshour-dies-at-93 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 19, 2023 includes celebrities Dolly Parton, Jodie Sweetin |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-19-2023-includes-celebrities-dolly-parton-jodie-sweetin.html |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119142137/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-19-2023-includes-celebrities-dolly-parton-jodie-sweetin.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MyCountry">{{cite book |last=MacNeil |first=Robert |title=Looking for My Country: Finding Myself in America |publisher=Harvest Books |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-15-602910-0}}</ref> He grew up in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], went to boarding school at [[Rothesay Netherwood School|Rothesay Collegiate School]] and [[Upper Canada College]], then attended [[Dalhousie University]] and later graduated from [[Carleton University]] in Ottawa in 1955.<ref name="obit" />