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Alvin McCoy

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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]

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The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. The Star is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style. The paper is the major newspaper of the Kansas City metropolitan area and has widespread circulation in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.

Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award administered by Columbia University for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher. Prizes are awarded annually in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category is awarded a gold medal.

C. Wesley Roberts

C. Wesley Roberts

Charles Wesley Roberts was a Kansas businessman who was Chairman of the Republican National Committee for four months in 1953 under Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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]

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Cheney, Kansas

Cheney, Kansas

Cheney is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,181.

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln luxury brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in China's Jiangling Motors. It also has joint ventures in China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power.

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River.

Morning Eagle

Morning Eagle

The Morning Eagle is a tour boat located on Lake Josephine in Glacier National Park. The vessel was constructed in 1945, by J.W. Swanson and Arthur J. Burch. The Morning Eagle was originally named Big Chief and was launched on Swiftcurrent Lake. The name was changed in 1960 and the vessel was moved to Lake Josephine. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. All of the vessel's maintenance is conducted on-site.

Pacific War

Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Soviet–Japanese War.

C. Wesley Roberts

C. Wesley Roberts

Charles Wesley Roberts was a Kansas businessman who was Chairman of the Republican National Committee for four months in 1953 under Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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

Source: "Alvin McCoy", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, October 29th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_McCoy.

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Further Reading

The Kansas City Star

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Wichita Eagle

1980 Pulitzer Prize

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Frank Noel
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.
  7. ^ "Republicans: Storm in Kansas". Time. March 30, 1953. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.
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