John J. O'Neill
Encyclopedia
John Joseph O'Neill of the New York Herald Tribune
, along with William L. Laurence
of the New York Times. Howard Blakeslee of AP
, Gobind Behari Lal of Universal Service
and David Dietz
of Scripps-Howard, won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize
for Reporting "for their coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University
."
He is also the author of Prodigal genius; the life of Nikola Tesla (1944), published in 18 editions in German and English. and several other non-technical books on 20th century science.
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.Other predecessors, which had earlier merged into the New York Tribune, included the original The New Yorker newsweekly , and the Whig Party's Log Cabin.The paper was home to...
, along with William L. Laurence
William L. Laurence
William Leonard Laurence was a Jewish Lithuanian born American journalist known for his science journalism writing of the 1940s and 1950s while working for the New York Times...
of the New York Times. Howard Blakeslee of AP
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, Gobind Behari Lal of Universal Service
Universal service
Universal service is an economic, legal and business term used mostly in regulated industries, referring to the practice of providing a baseline level of services to every resident of a country...
and David Dietz
David Dietz
David Dietz was a Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and author.Dietz attended Case Western Reserve University and received his bachelor's degree in 1919. In 1921 he took a position as science editor for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, a job he kept until his retirement in 1977...
of Scripps-Howard, won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for Reporting "for their coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
."
He is also the author of Prodigal genius; the life of Nikola Tesla (1944), published in 18 editions in German and English. and several other non-technical books on 20th century science.