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.
Schieffer joined CBS in 1969 from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he was a reporter. Texas Christian University named its journalism school in his honor in 2005, and in 2013 named the college in which the journalism school is located, the Bob Schieffer College of Communication.