Bert Quint was a CBS News correspondent for three decades. Known as the "fireman" of the Walter Cronkite team, he covered conflicts around the world. He spent years in Eastern Europe during the fall of Communism and, as Rome and Vatican correspondent, accompanied Pope John Paul II to dozens of countries around the world. He wrote and narrated "Trans-Siberian Rail Journeys," a two-hour PBS documentary about Siberia, China and Mongolia.

Biography provided by the author, February 2003.