Lesley Stahl is one of America's most honored and experienced broadcast journalists. Her rich career has been marked by political scoops, surprising features and award-winning foreign reporting, a body of work that won her the RTDNA's 2015 Paul White award for lifetime achievement. She has been a "60 Minutes" correspondent since March 1991 and began her 26th season on the broadcast in September 2017. She is the author of the best-selling book Becoming Grandma.
Stahl was born Dec. 16, 1941, in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and graduated cum laude in 1963 from Wheaton College, where she served on the board of trustees. She currently serves on the board of the New York City Ballet. She and her husband, author Aaron Latham, live in New York. They have a daughter, Taylor.