For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration, by Allan Nevins (Dodd)
The Jury
The Jury
Royal Cortissoz(Chair)
Faculty, Columbia Journalism School
Richard Burton
Faculty, Columbia Journalism School
Henry S. Canby
Faculty, Columbia Journalism School
Winners in Biography
1937 Prize Winners
Anne O'Hare McCormick of The New York Times
For her dispatches and feature articles from Europe in 1936.
C.D. Batchelor of the Daily News, New York, N.Y.
For "Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy."
John W. Owens of The Baltimore Sun
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.