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1968 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: E. Canham, J. Pulitzer, P. Miller, W.D. Maxwell, B. Bingham, N. Chandler; back row, left to right: J. Reston, R. McGill, V. Royster, G. Kirk, K. MacDonad, N. Noyes, J. Hohenberg

 
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Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., chair; John Hohenberg, secretary

Vermont C. Royster

Job title
editor and senior vice president
First name
Vermont C.
Last name
Royster
Location
New York, NY

New York Times obituary, July 23, 1996

Vermont Royster, a former editor of The Wall Street Journal who won two Pulitzer Prizes and helped to shape his newspaper into the country's leading business daily, died yesterday in a retirement community in Raleigh, N.C., The Journal said. He was 82.

The Journal said Mr. Royster had been in ill health for several years.

Employer
The Wall Street Journal
Photo
Vermont C. Royster
Ordering weight
1

James Reston

Job title
vice president
First name
James
Last name
Reston

(Courtesy of The New York Times)

James Reston, a Giant of Journalism, Dies at 86

By R.W. Apple Jr.

December 7, 1995

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6— James Reston, former columnist, Washington correspondent and executive editor of The New York Times, died tonight at his home here. He was 86.

The cause was cancer, said his son Thomas.

Employer
The New York Times
Ordering weight
1

Newbold Noyes

Job title
editor
First name
Newbold
Last name
Noyes
Location
Washington, DC

(Courtesy of The New York Times)

Newbold Noyes Jr., 79, Ex-Editor Of The Washington Evening Star

By Edward Wyatt

December 19, 1997

Newbold Noyes Jr., who as editor of The Washington Evening Star from 1963 to 1975 was the last member of four generations of his family to lead the newspaper, died yesterday in Sorrento, Me. He was 79.

Mr. Noyes had heart problems, said a son, Newbold Noyes 3d.

Employer
The Evening Star
Ordering weight
1