1 College: Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas, 1969-1973, (Chemistry) 2  Medical School: University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee 1974-1976.  Internship: University of Tennessee Affiliated Hospitals Memphis, Tennessee,1977-1979.
Bob Schieffer is the author of four books, including Face the Nation: My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning News Broadcast (2004) and Bob Schieffer's America (2008). He is married to Patricia Penrose Bishop; they have two daughters.
Born Bob Lloyd Schieffer on February 25, 1937 in Austin, Texas. Raised in Fort Worth, Bob Schieffer attended Texas Christian University, where the journalism school was later named after him. He graduated and served in the U.S. Air Force before becoming a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.