Pulitzer Prize Board 1984–1985

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The Board presided over the judging process that resulted in the 1985 winners and finalists. --Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., chair; Robert Christopher, secretary.


Christopher, Robert C., secretary of the Board, The Pulitzer Prizes

Elliott, Osborn, dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

Gartner, Michael, president and editorial chairman, The Des Moines Register

Gray, Hanna H., president, University of Chicago

Hays, Howard H., Jr., editor and publisher, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise

Hoge, James F., Jr., publisher, New York Daily News

Laventhol, David A., publisher and chief executive officer, Newsday, and group vice president, Times Mirror Company

Leonard, Richard H., editor and senior vice president, The Milwaukee Journal

McClatchy, C.K., editor and president, McClatchy Newspapers, Sacramento, Calif.

Patterson, Eugene C., chairman and chief executive officer, St. Petersburg Times

Phillips, Warren H., chairman and chief executive officer, Dow Jones & Co., New York, NY

Pulitzer, Joseph Jr. (III), editor and publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Raspberry, William J., columnist, The Washington Post

Roberts, Eugene L., Jr., executive editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Saikowski, Charlotte, chief, Washington bureau, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Mass.

Sovern, Michael I., president, Columbia University, New York, NY

Wilkins, Roger W., senior fellow, Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, DC

Winship, Thomas, inaugural fellow, Gannett Center for Media Studies