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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

Benjamin Bradlee

Job title
executive editor
First name
Benjamin
Last name
Bradlee

(Courtesy of The New York Times)

Ben Bradlee’s Charmed, Charming Life

By David Carr

October 22, 2014

Civilians, people who don’t think the toppling of a sitting American president with newspaper articles is one of humankind’s lasting achievements, will read encomiums to Ben Bradlee like this one and wonder: What’s the big deal?

Employer
The Washington Post
Photo
Ordering weight
1

Robert Boyd and Clark Hoyt

Citation
For their disclosure of Senator Thomas Eagleton's history of psychiatric therapy, resulting in his withdrawal as the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 1972.
Tags: 1973
Categories: National Reporting
Publication
Knight Newspapers

Elliott Carter

Citation
Premiered by the Juilliard String Quartet at Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, on January 23, 1973.
Tags: 1973
Categories: Music
Publication
String Quartet No. 3

Staff

Citation
For uncovering the large financial resources of Boys Town, Nebraska, leading to reforms in this charitable organization's solicitation and use of funds contributed by the public.
Tags: 1973
Location
NE
Publication
The Sun Newspapers of Omaha

Michael Kammen

Tags: 1973
Categories: History
Publisher
Knopf
Publication
People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization