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1985 Pulitzer Prize Board
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left to right: E. Roberts. O. Elliott, J. Pulitzer, T. Winship, J. Hoge, M. Sovern, R. Leonard, E. Patterson, M. Gartner, H. Hays, R. Christopher, C.K. McClatchy (absent from photo: H. Gray, W. Raspberry) Credit: Joe Pineiro/Columbia University

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Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., chair; Robert Christopher, secretary

Staff

Publication
Casper (WY) Star-Tribune
Citation
For a series by Richard High and Anne Mackinnon which, despite strong opposition from local utilities, investigated the state's need for improved natural gas regulation and led to significant reforms.
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Categories: Public Service

Staff

Publication
Chicago Tribune
Citation
For its sustained effort to expose the control of Chicago's minority neighborhoods by street gangs--reporting which prompted Mayor Washington to launch a $4.5 million gang control program.
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Categories: Public Service

Robert Parry

Publication
Associated Press
Citation
For his exclusive stories about he CIA's production of two manuals for Nicaraguan rebels--stories that led to an internal investigation and a congressional inquiry.
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Categories: National Reporting

William Bolcom

Publication
Songs of Innocence and Experience, a Musical Illumination of the Poems of William Blake
Citation
Premiered at the University of Michigan on April 11, 1984.
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Categories: Music

Mark J. Thompson

Publication
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Citation
For reporting which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter-- a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification.
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