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Board lander photo
1996 Pulitzer Prize Board
Board lander photo caption

front row, left to right: M. Yarbrough, S. Bok, P. Kann, J. Konner, L. Boccardi, H. Vendler, E. Seaton; back row, left to right: R. Pederson, S. Rowe, W. Ketter, G. Rupp, G. Overholser, S. Topping, J. Fuller, J. Dotson, W. Safire, W. Rugaber, J. Carroll, J. Risser

Board Lander Sub Title
Peter R. Kann, chair, Seymour Topping, administrator

Staff

Publication
The Wall Street Journal
Citation
For its coverage of the collapse of the Mexican peso and the resulting effect on world finance.
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Lance Banning

Publication
The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic
Publisher
Cornell University Press
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Categories: History

Hank Stuever

Publication
The Albuquerque Tribune
Citation
For his detailed and highly personal account of returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City after the bombing there.
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Categories: Feature Writing

Richard E. Meyer

Publication
Los Angeles Times
Citation
For "Buried Alive," his chilling profile of a woman's desperate attempts to communicate after being left mute and paralyzed by strokes.
Tags: 1996
Categories: Feature Writing