About
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who ran the editorial page of the The Wall Street Journal from 1958 to 1971.
Before Fame
He worked at the candy store that his father operated in Raleigh before focusing on journalism and reporting.
Trivia
He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for Editorial Writing and another one in 1984 for Commentary.
Family Life
He had two daughters with his wife Frances Claypoole, whom he married in 1937.
Associated With
He was once awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.
