Alvin McCoy

American journalist

Alvin Scott McCoy (July 14, 1903 – March 12, 1988)[1][2] was an American journalist of The Kansas City Star who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for a series of articles published the previous year that drove C. Wesley Roberts to resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee.[3][4]

Biography

Alvin Scott McCoy was born on July 14, 1903, in Cheney, Kansas. He received an A.B. degree in 1925 from the University of Kansas at Lawrence, majoring in chemistry.[5]

After spending two years at Ford Motor Company in Dodge City, Kansas, and one year traveling around the world in 1928 and 1929, McCoy was first employed in newspaper work as a reporter of the Evening Eagle in Wichita, Kansas.[5]

He spent eighteen months on this newspaper and on the Wichita Morning Eagle.

In November, 1930, he joined the Kansas City Star as a reporter and worked on general assignments.

Years later, McCoy served as the Star's Pacific War correspondent in 1945. That same year he began covering Kansas state politics, legislature, news and features. He also did some editorial writing as well as scientific stories.[6]

C. Wesley Roberts was accused of collecting a $10,000 commission on the sale of a hospital to the State of Kansas which the state already owned.[7]

Distinctions

  • President of William Allen White Foundation at the School of Journalism at University of Kansas
  • Member of the Kansas University Endowment association
  • Member of the research committee of the Kansas Association of School Boards

Bibliography

  • The Pulitzer Prize Archive: A History and Anthology of Award Winning Materials in Journalism, Letters and Arts, Volume 6, Editor Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, Publisher Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 3598301707, 9783598301704, 420 pages.

References

  1. ^ Margolies, Dan (September 18, 2005). "Pulitzer prizes". Kansas City Star.
  2. ^ "Obituary of Alvin Scott McCoy". The Wichita Eagle. via BillionGraves Record.
  3. ^ 1954 "Winners, Awards". The Pulitzer Prizes.
  4. ^ McCoy, Alvin S. "For a full probe. Quick action on resolution for an investigation is delayed in senate". Kansas City Star. Reprinted by permission of the Kansas City Star.
  5. ^ a b The Pulitzer Prize Archive: A History and Anthology of Award Winning Materials in Journalism, Letters and Arts (Heinz-Dietrich Fischer ed.). Heinz-Dietrich Fischer. p. 420. ISBN 3598301707.
  6. ^ The Pulitzer Prizes 1917-1991 (1991). Pulitzer Prize Journalism Entry from 1953, Local Reporting, No Edition Time Jury Report (March 1953) (Columbia University ed.). New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Republicans: Storm in Kansas". Time. March 30, 1953. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.
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1954
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1955
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1956
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1957
Wallace Turner
1958
George Beveridge
1959
John Harold Brislin
1960
Miriam Ottenberg
1961
Edgar May
1962
George Bliss
1963
Oscar Griffin Jr.
Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting (1964–1984)
1964
James V. Magee
Albert V. Gaudiosi
Frederick Meyer
1965
Gene Goltz
1966
John Anthony Frasca
1967
Gene Miller
1968
J. Anthony Lukas
1969
Al Delugach
Denny Walsh
1970
Harold E. Martin
1971
William Jones
1972
Timothy Leland
Gerard M. O'Neill
Stephen Kurkjian
Ann Desantis
1973
The Sun Newspapers of Omaha
1974
William Sherman
1975
The Indianapolis Star
1976
Chicago Tribune
1977
Acel Moore
Wendell Rawls Jr.
1978
Anthony R. Dolan
1979
Gilbert M. Gaul
Elliot G. Jaspin
1980
Stephen Kurkjian
Alexander B. Hawes Jr.
Nils Bruzelius
Joan Vennochi
Robert M. Porterfield
1981
Clark Hallas
Robert B. Lowe
1982
Paul Henderson
1983
Loretta Tofani
1984
Kenneth Cooper
Joan Fitz Gerald
Jonathan Kaufman
Norman Lockman
Gary McMillan
Kirk Scharfenberg
David Wessel
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (1985–present)
1985
Lucy Morgan
Jack Reed
William K. Marimow
1986
Jeffrey A. Marx
Michael M. York
1987
Daniel R. Biddle
H.G. Bissinger
Fredric N. Tulsky
John Woestendiek
1988
Dean Baquet
William C. Gaines
Ann Marie Lipinski
1989
Bill Dedman
1990
Lou Kilzer
1991
Joseph T. Hallinan
Susan M. Headden
1992
Lorraine Adams
Dan Malone
1993
Jeff Brazil
Steve Berry
1994
Providence Journal-Bulletin
1995
Stephanie Saul
Brian Donovan
1996
The Orange County Register
1997
Eric Nalder
Deborah Nelson
Alex Tizon
1998
Gary Cohn
Will Englund
1999
Miami Herald
2000
Sang-Hun Choe
Charles J. Hanley
Martha Mendoza
2001
David Willman
2002
Sari Horwitz
Scott Higham
Sarah Cohen
2003
Clifford J. Levy
2004
Michael D. Sallah
Joe Mahr
Mitch Weiss
2005
Nigel Jaquiss
2006
Susan Schmidt
James V. Grimaldi
R. Jeffrey Smith
2007
Brett Blackledge
2008
Walt Bogdanich
Jake Hooker
Chicago Tribune
2009
David Barstow
2010
Barbara Laker
Wendy Ruderman
Sheri Fink
2011
Paige St. John
2012
Matt Apuzzo
Adam Goldman
Eileen Sullivan
Chris Hawley
Michael J. Berens
Ken Armstrong
2013
David Barstow
Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab
2014
Chris Hamby
2015
Eric Lipton
The Wall Street Journal
2016
Leonora LaPeter Anton
Anthony Cormier
Michael Braga
Esther Htusan
2017
Eric Eyre
2018
The Washington Post
2019
Matt Hamilton
Harriet Ryan
Paul Pringle
2020
Brian Rosenthal
2021
Matt Rocheleau
Vernal Coleman
Laura Crimaldi
Evan Allen
Brendan McCarthy
2022
Corey G. Johnson
Rebecca Woolington
Eli Murray