Pulitzer Prize Board 1985–1986

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The Board presided over the judging process that resulted in the 1984 winners and finalists. --Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., chair; Robert Christopher, secretary.


Baker, Russell, columnist, The New York Times

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

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

Gartner, Michael, general news executive, Gannett Company

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., senior vice president, Times Mirror Company

Laventhol, David A., president, Times Mirror Company, Los Angeles, Calif.

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

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.

Sitton, Claude F., editorial director and vice president, The News and Observer and The Raleigh (N.C.) Times

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

Wilkins, Roger W., senior fellow, Institute for Policy Studies