John Strohmeyer
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John Strohmeyer was the 1972 Pulitzer Prize
winner for editorial writing
“for his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem.”
John Strohmeyer was born in Boston
, Massachusetts
and spent several decades as a working journalist, including as an editor at the now-defunct Bethlehem Globe-Times from 1956 to 1984. John Strohmeyer won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1984 to research and write about a steel company's battle to survive. In 1992, Bob Atwood
brought him to Alaska, to lecture in journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage
in a position endowed by Atwood. While there, Strohmeyer wrote Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska. Strohmeyer also wrote Atwood's biography, which was never published due to a dispute which arose after Atwood's death between Strohmeyer and Atwood's daughter Elaine
John Strohmeyer died of heart failure on March 3, 2010 in Crystal River, Florida
.
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...
winner for editorial writing
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction...
“for his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem.”
John Strohmeyer was born in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and spent several decades as a working journalist, including as an editor at the now-defunct Bethlehem Globe-Times from 1956 to 1984. John Strohmeyer won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1984 to research and write about a steel company's battle to survive. In 1992, Bob Atwood
Robert Atwood
Robert Bruce Atwood was the long-time editor and publisher of the Anchorage Times, and a proponent of Alaska statehood.-Biography:...
brought him to Alaska, to lecture in journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
in a position endowed by Atwood. While there, Strohmeyer wrote Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska. Strohmeyer also wrote Atwood's biography, which was never published due to a dispute which arose after Atwood's death between Strohmeyer and Atwood's daughter Elaine
John Strohmeyer died of heart failure on March 3, 2010 in Crystal River, Florida
Crystal River, Florida
Crystal River is a city in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,485 at the 2000 census. . According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 3,539. The city was incorporated in 1903 and is the self professed "Home of the Manatee"....
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