Ken Bode

{{Short description|American TV host (1939–2022)}}

Kenneth Adlam Bode (March 30, 1939 – June 2, 2022) was an American television host. He was born in Chicago and raised in Hawarden, Iowa. Bode was the moderator of Washington Week from 1994 to 1999.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/arts/television/ken-bode-dead.html|title=Ken Bode, Erudite 'Washington Week' Host on PBS, Dies at 83|first=Sam|last=Roberts|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/06/06/journalist-ken-bode-dead/ |title=Ken Bode, political reporter who moderated 'Washington Week,' dies at 83 |date=2022-06-07 |author1=Harrison Smith |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409 |archive-date=2022-08-14 |access-date=2022-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814065504/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/06/06/journalist-ken-bode-dead/ |url-status=live }} He also served as Dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a professor at DePauw University, Michigan State University, and the State University of New York at Binghamton. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Dakota and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/12592|title=KEN BODE RETURNING TO DEPAUW AS PULLIAM DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM|date=April 3, 2003|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629062726/https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/12592/|url-status=live}}