Murray Fromson was an international news reporter and professor at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at USC. As a longtime news correspondent and reporter, Fromson was an advocate for freedom of the press and journalistic integrity. He covered events around the world from the Korean and Vietnam Wars to the Civil Rights Movement in the US. For reporting on the fall of Saigon, he and his colleagues at CBS were awarded two Overseas Press Club awards. Fromson was one of the founders of the Committee for Freedom of the Press.