years_active birth_place image_size nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
1961 -- present el paso , texas , u.s. 220px american sam donaldson 11 march 1934 sandra martorelli file : sam donaldson talking.jpg sam donaldson
 samuel andrew donaldson , jr. journalist abc news now '' ; television news pundit ; panelist for ''
sam donaldson

samuel andrew `` sam '' donaldson , jr. -lrb- born march 11 , 1934 -rrb- is an american reporter and news anchor , serving with abc news from 1967 to the present .
he is best known as the network 's white house correspondent -lrb- 1977 -- 89 and 1998 -- 99 -rrb- and as a panelist and later co-anchor of the network 's sunday program , `` this week '' .
