Mike Wallace is an American historian. He is currently the director of the Gotham Center for New York City History. He is also Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, where he has taught since 1971.
Wallace received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. In 1999, he won the Pulitzer Prize for History, along with co-author Edwin G. Burrows, for Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. In 2000, he was a consultant for the PBS series New York: A Documentary Film, in which he also appeared. He is also the founder, copublisher, and coeditor of the Radical History Review.
Wallace is as of 2004 working on the second volume of the New York history series.
He is currently married to Carmen Boullosa, a leading Mexican poet, novelist and playwright.
Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Wallace has been a correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes since its debut in 1968. During his career at 60 Minutes, he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers, including Deng Xiaoping, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Manuel Noriega, Jeffrey Wigand, Ayn Rand, John F. Nash, Vladimir Putin, Salvador Dalí, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Wallace retired as a regular correspondent in 2006.
Mike Wallace (born March 10 1959) is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace. His daughter, Chrissy Wallace, is also pursing her own racing career. He currently drives the #7 GEICO Toyota Camry for Germain Racing in the Nationwide Series full-time.
Michael L. Wallace (born September 3, 1963 in Brockville, Ontario) was first elected to Burlington City Council in the fall of 1994, representing the southeast area of Burlington, Ontario, now Ward 5. He was re-elected in 1997, 2000, and 2003. Before running for councillor, Wallace graduated from the University of Guelph, majoring in economics and political science.
Wallace was nominated as the candidate for the newly-formed Conservative Party for the 2004 federal election running against long-time Liberal incumbent Paddy Torsney. A last-minute resurgence in Liberal support across Ontario resulted in a 4,000-vote victory for Torsney.
Wallace did not resign as councillor for the 2004 federal election and continued to represent Ward 5.
Television news journalist Mike Wallace hosts this hour-long series taking a look back at some of the most important historic events and issues of the 20th century from the civil rights movement to the World Wars to the war against tobacco companies. Written by Jerry Roberts
His oldest son, Peter, died in a mountain climbing accident in 1961; his second son, Chris Wallace (IV), is also a news broadcaster.
In the early days of television, Mike Wallace appeared in TV commercials for Golden Fluffo Shortening.
Announcer on ABC and Mutual Radio's "Sky King" (1946-1954).
He really wanted to be a radio broadcaster and applied for a position in Muskegon, Michigan upon graduation from University of Michigan. He was turned down. He then applied to WOOD-TV 8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was hired and so started his television career.
Is portrayed by Mark Harelik in Hefner: Unauthorized (1999) (TV)
