Louis LaCoss
Born(1890-01-08)January 8, 1890
Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 1966(1966-02-17) (aged 76)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeMount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Kansas
OccupationJournalist
Years active1912–1958

Louis LaCoss (January 8, 1890 – February 17, 1966) was an American journalist. In 1952, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for his editorial "The Low Estate of Public Morals".

After graduating from the University of Kansas in 1912 he went on to work for the San Diego Sun, the Parsons Sun, and the Associated Press. In 1923 he left the AP for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the paper for which he would be best known.[1] He won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for the editorial "Low Estate of Public Morals". He had been writing editorials for the paper for 16 year before this win.[2] The article related to a cheating scandal at West Point to general morality of the society and it received many requests for reprint.[3] Louis LaCoss became one of the papers vice-presidents in 1952 and then retired from editorials in 1958.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fischer, Heinz Dietrich; Fischer, Erika J. (29 May 2018). Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000: Journalists, Writers and Composers on Their Ways to the Coveted Awards. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783598301865. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "The Press: Mr. Pulitzer's Prize". Time.com. 12 May 1952. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via www.time.com.
  3. ↑ Sloan, Wm David; Anderson, Laird B. (20 March 2007). Pulitzer Prize Editorials: America's Best Writing, 1917 - 2003. Wiley. ISBN 9780813825441. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2018-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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