Chris Matthews '67 Films JFK Documentary at Holy Cross

Show to Air on MSNBC, Monday, Nov. 17th

On Monday, Nov. 3, Chris Matthews ’67, host of NBC's The Chris Matthews Show and MSNBC’s Hardball, returned to the Holy Cross campus to film parts of an upcoming documentary on the 40th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

The show will feature interviews with numerous public figures who will share what they remember from Nov. 22, 1963, and how the assassination of the president impacted their lives.

Matthews, who is hosting the documentary, is the author of the best-selling book Kennedy & Nixon (1996). He was in Kimball Dining Hall when he heard that the president had been shot.

A proud and devoted 1967 graduate of Holy Cross, Matthews has distinguished himself as a journalist, Washington bureau chief, presidential speechwriter, congressional staffer and best-selling author. In addition to Kennedy & Nixon, he wrote three other books: Hardball (1988), Now Let Me Tell You What I Really Think (2001), and American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions (2002).

The documentary will air on Monday, Nov. 17, from 9 – 10 p.m. on MSNBC.