He graduated from Long Island University and then spent two years in the United States Army.
Working for WNEW-AM in New York at the time, Pappas began his report as Oswald came into view: Now the prisoner, wearing a black sweater, he's changed from his T-shirt, is being moved out toward an armored car.
[2] In May 1970, Pappas was at Kent State University with a CBS News film crew when members of the Ohio National Guard shot four students during an antiwar protest.
[4] Along with a number of other notable Greek Americans, he was a founding member of The Next Generation Initiative, a leadership program aimed at getting students involved in public affairs.
After he left CBS, Pappas formed his own television production company with CBS News Editor Ed Danko, and made cameo appearances as himself in several motion pictures, including The Package and Moon Over Parador.