Broadcast Journalist

Pat Harvey graduated from Cass Tech in 1972. Her television career began in 1976 in her native city of Detroit. In 1979, she became a general assignment reporter in Saginaw, Michigan where she later produced and anchored the station's evening newscasts. In 1981, Pat helped launch CNN Headline News in Atlanta, becoming one of its original anchors. Later, she anchored CNN's Daybreak newscast, where she regularly interviewed heads of state and other dignitaries. Pat joined Chicago superstation WGN as a news anchor in 1985, where she was seen on cable systems throughout the United States and South America. While working for WGN, Pat was invited to Brisbane, Australia to co-anchor an hour newscast.

Her most rewarding work is reporting stories that have had a major impact on people's lives. In 1988, Pat went to Capitol Hill and testified in the Illinois state legislature following her investigative reports into the high number of deaths of women from faulty pap smears. As a result, the governor of Illinois passed new health legislation to regulate cytology labs in the state. A lab in Tarzana, California responsible for many of those defective smears was shut down.

Harvey also traveled to El Salvador during that country's civil war for a sensitive report on the "Children of War" for KCAL 9 News. The series resulted in the fitting of artificial limbs for an orphan, an innocent victim of the war.

Active in community affairs, Pat has received recognition from the Boy Scouts of America to the NAACP and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in the Humanities from American Intercontinental University.

Source: http://kcal.com

Webmistress Note: Pat Harvey was nominated for the Cass Tech Hall of Fame by fellow Hall member actress/author Ella Joyce. The two sat next to each other in homeroom and study hall before both graduated in 1972.

HARVEY LINKS

Quinn Award

L.A. Press Club

Harvey KCAL Bio