1958
Pulitzer Prize for John Netherland Heiskell’s Newspaper
Coverage of a school integration crisis earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for the Arkansas Gazette and its editor, alumnus John Netherland Heiskell. He was publisher and editor of the newspaper for more than 70 years during the 1900s. Heiskell also served a 23-day stint as a US senator after the death of a senator he had feuded with in editorials.