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1973 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: P. Day, V. Royster, W. McGill, J. Pulitzer, N. Noyes; back row, left to right: S. Meyer, L. Hills, W. Carroll, B. Bradlee, J. Reston, R. Donovan, W. Dickinson, J. Hohenberg (absent from photo: J. Cowles) -- photo taken April 12, 1973

 
Board Lander Sub Title
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr, chair; John Hohenberg, administrator

Vermont C. Royster

Job title
contributing editor
First name
Vermont C.
Last name
Royster
Location
New York, NY
Years
1973
1974
1975
1976

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
Years
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976

(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
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