1967 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1967.
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- *The Milwaukee Journal, for its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
- * Louisville Courier-Journal, for its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- * Robert V. Cox of the Chambersburg Public Opinion, for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community.
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- * Gene Miller of The Miami Herald, whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
- National Reporting:
- * Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin of The Wall Street Journal, for their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas.
- International Reporting:
- * R. John Hughes of The Christian Science Monitor, for his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66.
- Editorial Writing:
- * Eugene Patterson of the Atlanta Constitution, for his editorials during the year.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- * Patrick Oliphant of The Denver Post, for "They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table... Will They?", published February 1, 1966.
- Photography:
- * Jack R. Thornell of the Associated Press, New Orleans bureau, for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.
Letters, Drama and Music awards
- Fiction:
- * The Fixer by Bernard Malamud.
- Drama:
- * A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee.
- History:
- * Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West by William H. Goetzmann.
- Biography or Autobiography:
- * Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain by Justin Kaplan.
- Poetry:
- * Live or Die by Anne Sexton.
- General Nonfiction:
- * The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture by David Brion Davis.
- Music:
- * Quartet No. 3 by Leon Kirchner, first performed by the Beaux Arts Quartet in The Town Hall, January 27, 1967