front row, left to right: F. Yu, M. Sovern, R. Wilkins, D. Laventhol, R. Christopher; back row, left to right: E. Roberts, B. Osborne, H. Simons C. Sitton, P. Kann, M. Gartner, R. Baker, C. Saikowski, C.K. McClatchy, M. Greenfield, J. Hoge (absent from photo: R. Maynard) Credit: Joe Pineiro/Columbia University
The 'Beloved' author and 1988 Fiction winner has died, aged 88. Read the Pulitzer jury report on her work for the first time, in celebration of her long life and impactful career.
(Courtesy of George Mason University)
Roger Wilkins
L.L.B, 1956, University of Michigan
B.A, 1953, University of Michigan
Peter R. Kann is the former chairman of Dow Jones & Company and editorial director of Dow Jones’ publications.
In 1967, Mr. Kann became The Journal’s first resident reporter in Vietnam. From 1969 through 1975, he continued to cover the Vietnam War, as well as other events across Asia, as a roving reporter based in Hong Kong. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for distinguished reporting on international affairs for his coverage of the 1971 India-Pakistan War.
(Courtesy of The New York Times)
By Alex S. Jones
June 14, 1989
Howard Simons, a former managing editor of The Washington Post, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer in a hospice of Methodist Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. He was 60 years old and lived in Jacksonville Beach.
Until recently, Mr. Simons had been curator of the Nieman Foundation, which sponsors a prestigious sabbatical program in which mid-career journalists are given a year of study at Harvard University.
(Courtesty of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book)
Gene Roberts, a former executive editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, achieved national fame for leading the paper to 17 Pulitzer Prizes in an 18-year span. He was widely respected for his high standards in journalism and ability to run a newspaper. A former reporter of his once said, “He’s the ideal editor that a reporter dreams about.”
(Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times)
By Edward J. Boyer
April 17, 1989
C.K. McClatchy, chairman of the McClatchy chain of newspapers in California, Washington state and Alaska, died Sunday after collapsing while jogging in Sacramento.
A soft-spoken man known for his abiding independence, McClatchy, 62, was jogging in William Land Park, near a school bearing his family's name, when he apparently suffered a heart attack, said McClatchy Newspapers President Erwin Potts.
Burl Osborne, president and editor of The Dallas Morning News, has overall responsibility for the operation of the newspaper, including direct supervision of the news and editorial departments.
In October, 1980, Osborne joined The Morning News as executive editor, with responsibility for all news gathering and editing. In 1981 he became vice president and executive editor and in 1983 he was named senior vice president and editor. He was named president and editor in 1985.
MA (1948), PhD (1951) [University of Iowa]; first non-American student in the nation to earn a PhD in mass communication; taught at the University of Southern California for three years, served as vice dean (1979); taught at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism from 1962 and was named the first CBS professor of international journalism in 1980; author of five books. -- http://clas.uiowa.edu/sjmc/people/frederick-tc-yu
