In April, History Professor Jack Rakove was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book exploring the politics behind the making of the U.S. Constitution. He joins the ranks of seven other Stanford faculty and staff who won Pulitzers either before or during their tenure at the University.
Rakove (Photo: Stanford News Service)
| ELIE ABEL (Communication) | 1958 | International Reporting/ New York Times (team) |
| CARL DEGLER (History) | 1972 | History/Neither Black nor White |
| WALLACE STEGNER (English) | 1972 | Fiction/Angle of Repose |
| JAMES RISSER (Communication) | 1976, 1979 | National Reporting/ Des Moines Register |
| DON FEHRENBACHER (History) | 1979 | History/The Dred Scott Case |
| JOEL SHURKIN (News Service) | 1980 | Local Spot News Reporting/ Philadelphia Inquirer (team) |
| DALE MAHARIDGE (Communication) | 1990 | General Nonfiction/And Their Children after Them |
| JACK RAKOVE (History) | 1997 | History/Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution |
