DOCTOR IRVING WAS A
JOURNALISM PROFESSOR FOR FOUR
DECADES, AND A BIG PART OF HIS
LIFE WAS EDUCATION.
HE SAW EDUCATION AS
SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU, SOMETHING
THAT WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH
READ HIM AN OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR
LIFE.
BEFORE HE STARTED TEACHING, HE
WROTE FOR NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND IT WAS HIS LAP OF
-- LOVE OF POLITICS THAT HELPED
HIS CAREER REACH NEW HEIGHTS.
HIS STUDENTS ALWAYS SPEAK ABOUT
HIM BEING HIS -- THEIR FAVORITE
TEACHER, AND FROM HIS OWN
SUCCESS TO HIS WORK TRADING,
THE DAUGHTERS OF URBAN FANG --
IRVIN FANG HAVE REASON TO BE
PROUD.
HE WOULD WORK ON THE SENATE'S
UNTIL IT WAS JUST RIGHT, AND I
THINK YOU PASS THAT ON TO HIS
STUDENTS THAT IT COULD ALWAYS
BE BETTER. Reporter: DURING
THE LATE 1960S, IRVIN FANG WAS
A MANAGER OF THE POLITICAL UNIT
OF ABC NEWS, LEADING THE
NETWORK IN THE ELECTION NIGHT
COVERAGE DURING THE MAJOR
CAMPAIGNS, PUTTING HIS
EXPERTISE AND ANALYZING DATA TO
WORK, CONVINCING HIS COLLEAGUES
TO USE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO
PREDICT WHO WOULD WIN THE KEY
RACES.
AND HE SAID TO ABC, IF YOU
USE COMMUTERS -- COMPUTERS YOU
CAN PUT IN THIS INFORMATION AND
OUTCOMES THE PREDICTION, AND IF
WE DO IT RIGHT, WE CAN BEAT THE
OTHER TWO NETWORKS. HIS
DAUGHTER SAY THAT AS INTENSITY
WAS, HE LOVED TO BE A DAD.
WHEN WE WALKED INTO HIS
STUDY, HE WOULD TURN HIS CHAIR
AND LOOK AT US AND SAY, "WHAT'S
UP."
THAT PRESENCE HE GAVE TO ME IS
THAT HIS GREATEST GIFT.
IRVIN FANG WAS 87 YEARS OLD,
AND TO HONOR HIM DONATE TO ANY
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