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In memoriam: Herman Wouk (1915 — 2019)

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The centenarian and Columbia graduate juxtaposed a Victorian sense of social obligation against the greatest events of the 20th century.

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Max Kase

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For his exclusive exposures of bribery and other forms of corruption in the popular American sport of basketball, which exposures tended to restore confidence in the game's integrity.
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New York Journal-American

The Kansas City Star

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For the news coverage of the great regional flood of 1951 in Kansas and Northwestern Missouri - a distinguished example of editing and reporting that also gave the advance information that achieved the maximum of public protection.
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