Michael Kammen
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Professor of American History and Culture, Cornell University
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David A. Laventhol
Job title
president
First name
David A.
Last name
Laventhol
Location
Los Angeles, CA
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David Laventhol has been a Pulitzer Prize board member since 1982.
Employer
Times Mirror Company
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Roger W. Wilkins
Job title
senior fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
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Roger W.
Last name
Wilkins
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(Courtesy of George Mason University)
Roger Wilkins
Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University
L.L.B, 1956, University of Michigan
B.A, 1953, University of Michigan
Employer
and Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University
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Sissela Bok
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associate professor
First name
Sissela
Last name
Bok
Location
Waltham, Mass.
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Sissela Bok, Senior Visiting Fellow, a writer and philosopher, received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology at the George Washington University in 1957 and 1958, and her Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University in 1970. She was formerly a Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University. The third edition of her book “Lying: Moral Choice in Private and Public Life” (1978) was reissued in 1999 with a new preface.
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Brandeis University
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Howard Simons
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curator
First name
Howard
Last name
Simons
Location
Cambridge, Mass.
(Courtesy of The New York Times)
Howard Simons, Dies at Age 60, An Ex-Editor at Washington Post
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.
Employer
Nieman Foundation, Harvard University
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1
Eugene L. Roberts
Job title
executive editor and president
First name
Eugene L.
Last name
Roberts
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(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.”
Employer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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1
Burl Osborne
Job title
president and editor
First name
Burl
Last name
Osborne
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.
Employer
The Dallas Morning News
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1
Peter R. Kann
Job title
publisher
First name
Peter R.
Last name
Kann
Location
New York, NY
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.
Employer
The Wall Street Journal
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1
Claude F. Sitton
Job title
editorial director and vice president
First name
Claude F.
Last name
Sitton
(Courtesy of The New York Times)
Claude Sitton, 89, Acclaimed Civil Rights Reporter, Dies
By Dennis Hevesi
March 10, 2015
Claude Sitton, a son of the South whose unwavering coverage of the civil rights movement for The New York Times through most of that tumultuous era was hailed as a benchmark of 20th-century journalism, died on Tuesday in Atlanta. He was 89.
The cause was congestive heart failure, his son Clint said. Mr. Sitton had been in a hospice.
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The News and Observer and The Raleigh (N.C.) Times
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