Early Life and Education
David Muir was born in Syracuse, NY on Thursday, November 8, 1973 and grew up on Onondaga Hill, a suburb southwest of Syracuse.Muir graduated from Onondaga Junior-Senior High School at age 17 in May 1991, and he was Salutatorian of the class '91.
After high school, Muir attended four years of college at the Park School of Broadcasting at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in May 1995. He was 21 years of age. A student intern at the local CBS affiliate television station WTVH-TV, Muir was hired to anchor weekend newscasts while still a senior in college. While studying at Ithaca College, Muir also attended the Institute on Political Journalism at the Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University and studied abroad at the University of Salamanca in Spain and is fluent in Spanish. Muir returned to Ithaca College to deliver the commencement address in May 2011 during which he urged graduates to use their voice.
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