Ackerman, Carl W., dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

Brown, Sevellon, editor, The Providence Journal

Carter, Hodding II, Editor, Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, MS

Choate, Robert, editor and publisher, The Boston Herald

Cooper, Kent, general manager, The Associated Press, New York City

Cowles, Gardner, president, Des Moines Register-Tribune

Ferguson, J.D., president and editor, Milwaukee Journal

Kent, Frank R., managing editor, The Baltimore Sun

Kirk, Grayson, president, Columbia University, New York, NY

Knight, John S., editorial chairman, Knight Newspapers, Inc., Detroit, MI

Krock, Arthur, Washington bureau chief, The New York Times

Mathews, William R., owner, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson

McKelway, Benjamin H., vice president and editor, The Washington (DC) Evening Star

Perry, Stuart H., editor and publisher, The Adrian (Mich.) Telegram

Pulitzer, Joseph II, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch