Article: Pioneering broadcaster Mike Wallace set to retire: '60 Minutes' veteran to be correspondent emeritus.

Byline: David Zurawik

Mar. 15--Mike Wallace, a pioneering figure of American broadcasting whose on-air persona at 60 Minutes came to represent the press as watchdog of those in power, said yesterday that he will retire as a regular correspondent at the end of the current TV season in May. CBS announced that Wallace, who will turn 88 on May 9, will remain affiliated with the most successful program in the history of network television as correspondent emeritus, though it was vague as to what his duties will be. Wallace was one of two founding correspondents for 60 Minutes, TV's first prime-time newsmagazine, in 1968. "I've often replied, when asked, 'I'll retire ...

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