HEYWOOD BROUN AWARD WINNERS, JUDGES, 1941-1959

1959:
William Haddad and Joseph Kahn, N. Y. Post—exposing graft and mismanagement in city’s slum clearance

    Judges
    Raymond P. Brandt
    James Marlow
    Drew Pearson

1958:
George N. Allen, N. Y. World Telegram & Sun—on-the-scene investigation of delinquencies in city schools

    Judges
    Marquis Childs
    May Craig
    Robert J. Donovan

1957:
Aaron Epstein, Daytona Beach Journal & News—stories leading to redevelopment of Negro slums
            and
Arthur W. Geiselman Jr., York Gazette & Daily—stories leading to community reforms

    Judges
    Herbert Block
    Irving Dilliard
    Norton Mockridge

1956:
Wallace Turner and William Lambert, Portland Oregonian—stories leading to racket indictments of union, police and city officials

    Judges
    Martin Agronsky
    Ralph D. Casey
    Thomas Griffith

1955:
Clark R. Mollenhoff, Cowles Newspapers—stories leading to reinstatement of security “risk” and new security rules

    Judges
    George A. Cornish
    Oakley Dalgleish
    John Hersey

1954:
Anthony Lewis, Washington Daily News—stories helping reinstate federal employee wrongly fired as security risk

    Judges
    Bruce Catton
    Edwin A. Lahey
    John W. Vandercook

1953:
Ralph S. O’Leary, Houston Post—expose of Texas Minute Women

    Judges
    Leo A. Lerner
    A.H. Raskin
    Eric Severeid

1952:
Wallace Turner, Portland Oregonian—stories exposing Indian land frauds

    Judges
    Carroll Binder
    Kenneth G. Crawford
    Jacob Scher

1951:

Jack Steele, N. Y. Herald Tribune—stories exposing corruption in federal bureaus

    Judges
    Erwin D. Canham
    Edward J. Donohoe
    John C. Manning   

1950:
Leonard Jackson, Bay City Times—stories exposing exploitation of farm workers

    Judges
    Dr. Chilton Bush
    Joseph Henry Jackson
    Dick Pearce

1949:
Herblock, Washington Post—editorial cartoons
            and
Ted Poston, N. Y. Post—coverage of Florida rape trial

    Judges
    Alan Barth
    John Hersey
    Roland E. Wolsely

1948:
Elias A. McQuaid, New Hampshire News—stories exposing state contract frauds

    Judges
    Bert Andrews
    Herbert Block
    Nathan Robertson
    Karin Walsh

1947:
Bert Andrews, N. Y. Herald Tribune—stories exposing disregard for civil rights in federal security dismissals

    Judges
    Robert S. Allen
    Louis M. Lyons
    William L. Shirer

1946:
James McGuire, Jack McPhaul and Karin Walsh, Chicago Times—stories helping free a man wrongly convicted of murder

    Judges
    Louis B. Seltzer
    Sam Shelton
    Russ Stewart

1945:
Larry Guerin, New Orleans Item—notable local and state coverage

    Judges
    Marquis Childs
    Milton Murray
    Thomas F. Reynolds

1944:
Nathan Robertson, PM—distinguished Washington coverage

    Judges
    Emile Gauvreau
    Milton Murray
    Quentin Reynolds


1943:
Milton J. Lapine, I.L. Kenen, William M. Davy and E. George Green, Cleveland Union Leader—wartime ads

    Judges
    Gordon H. Cole
    Lewis Gannett
    Milton Murray

1942:
Dillard Stokes, Washington Post—uncovering a Nazi propaganda network

    Judges
    Kenneth G. Crawford
    Lewis Gannett
    Milton Murray

1941:
Tom O’Connor, PM—stories revealing hazardous mine conditions

    Judges
    Lewis Gannett
    Dr. Alfred McClung Lee
    Louis M. Lyons   
    Paul S. Smith   
    Donal M. Sullivan