Howard M. Norton

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Howard Norton
Born (1911-05-30)May 30, 1911
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Education University of Florida
Occupation Writer and Reporter

Howard M. Norton (May 30, 1911 – March 12, 1994) was an American journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize.[1]

Howard Norton grew up in Florida, and he attended the University of Florida for college. In 1933, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in journalism. After graduation he moved to Baltimore and became a Foreign correspondent for The Baltimore Sun.

Norton wrote a series of articles "dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons." For that work he and the Sun won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1947.[1]

Awards

  • Pulitzer Prize for Public Service – 1947[1]
  • Alumni of Distinction, University of Florida – 1979

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
Other sources