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Board lander photo
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

Jeffrey L. Brown

Publication
Copley Chicago Newspapers
Citation
For his series of photographs chronicling an illegal immigrant's clandestine journey from Mexico to the United States.
Tags: 1997
Categories: Feature Photography

John Crewdson

Publication
Chicago Tribune
Citation
For a series of reports that illustrated through dramatic examples the need for training of personnel and installation of special equipment by U.S. airlines to cope with medical emergencies in the air.
Tags: 1997
Categories: Explanatory Journalism

Peter Milius

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For his editorials dissecting federal welfare reform legislation, directing attention to the problems of the poor and powerless.
Tags: 1997
Categories: Editorial Writing
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