Happy Birthday wishes go out to "Hawkeye", aka Alan Alda who turns 77 years old today. Alan Alda was born in the Bronx, New York, with the name Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo.  Alan Alda has been married to his wife Arlene for 57 years. They have three daughters and seven grandchildren.
 

Alan Alda has a BS degree in English from Fordham College and is currently a visiting professor at the State University of New York at Stoney Brook School of Journalism.

 

M*A*S*H is my favorite TV serial ever.  I still like to watch the reruns.  Alan Alda played Hawkeye Pierce, a Captain and lead surgeon, for a mobile army surgical hospital.  Alan Alda was with M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983 winning 5 Emmy Awards.  Alan Alda not only acted in the series, but also wrote and directed many of the episodes.