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1997 Pulitzer Prize Board
Board lander photo caption

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

Board Lander Sub Title
Sissela Bok, chairman; Seymour Topping, administrator

Sissela Bok

Job title
writer and philosopher
First name
Bok
Last name
Sissela
Years

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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Sissela Bok
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