American journalist (1933–2011)
Oscar Griffin Jr.
Born Oscar O'Neal Griffin Jr.
(1933-04-28 ) April 28, 1933Died November 23, 2011(2011-11-23) (aged 78) Education Occupation journalist Spouse Patricia Lamb Griffin (1955-2011 his death) Children 4 Awards 1963 Pulitzer Prize Allegiance
United States Service/ branch
U.S. Army Years of service 1953-1955
Oscar O'Neal Griffin Jr. (April 28, 1933 – November 23, 2011) was an American journalist.
Early life and education
Griffin was born in
Daisetta, Texas , and obtained his degree from the
University of Texas in 1958. In 1982, he completed
Harvard Business School 's
executive education program for Owner/President Management (OPM).
Career
Griffin was the editor of the
Pecos Independent and Enterprise . During his time here, he was a reporter and editor. Prior to that time, he served in the Army in the 1950s. After graduating from the
University of Texas , he worked at a number of small newspapers before his stint at the
Pecos, Texas Independent and Enterprise . In 1962, he began working for the
Houston Chronicle , where he was responsible for covering the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Griffin was assistant director of Public Affairs for the
U.S. Department of Transportation in
Washington, D.C. (1969-1974.) After coming back to Texas, he founded Griffin Well Service, an oil company in
El Campo .
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Awards and honors
Griffin won the
1963 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting (No Edition Time), as editor at the Independent and Enterprise , for directing its investigation of the fraud scandal involving
Billie Sol Estes in 1962.
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Family
Griffin was married to the former Patricia Lamb for 56 years. Together they had three daughters and a son: Gwendolyn Pryor, Amanda Ward, Marguerite Horne, and Gregory Griffin. They also had seven grandchildren.
Death
Griffin died in
New Waverly, Texas , where he lived, on November 23, 2011, at the age of 78, of cancer.
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Publications
References
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Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., eds. (1999).
Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners . Bloomsbury Academic. p. 397.
ISBN
1-57356-111-8 . Retrieved 2014-03-12 .
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"Oscar Griffin Jr. – Moody College of Communication" . University of Texas at Austin. Archived from
the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-12 .
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"Noted & Quoted - Alumni - Harvard Business School" . Harvard Business School. March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-12 .
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"Oscar O'Neal Griffin Jr. Obituary" . The Courier of Montgomery County . Retrieved 2014-03-12 .
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Martin, Douglas (December 10, 2011).
"Oscar Griffin Jr., 78, Pulitzer Prize Winner Who Brought Down Scheming Texas Tycoon, Dies" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-03-12 .
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"Of note: Don DeVito, Oscar Griffin Jr., Gary Speed" .
The Washington Post . November 29, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-12 .
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"1963 Winners" . The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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Griffin Jr., Oscar (March 1, 1962).
"Tank transactions soar to $34 million" . The Pecos Independent and Enterprise . Retrieved 2014-03-07 . (Third in a series)
^ Martin, Douglas.
"Oscar Griffin Jr., 78, Pulitzer Prize Winner Winner Who Brought Down Scheming Texas Tycoon, Dies" . The New York Times . Retrieved 16 July 2013 .
External links
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000
Chicago Tribune (1976)
Acel Moore &
Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977)
Anthony R. Dolan (1978)
Gilbert M. Gaul &
Elliot G. Jaspin (1979)
Stephen Kurkjian ,
Alexander B. Hawes Jr. ,
Nils Bruzelius ,
Joan Vennochi &
Robert M. Porterfield (1980)
Clark Hallas &
Robert B. Lowe (1981)
Paul Henderson (1982)
Loretta Tofani (1983)
Kenneth Cooper ,
Joan Fitz Gerald ,
Jonathan Kaufman ,
Norman Lockman ,
Gary McMillan ,
Kirk Scharfenberg &
David Wessel (1984)
Lucy Morgan ,
Jack Reed &
William K. Marimow (1985)
Jeffrey A. Marx &
Michael M. York (1986)
Daniel R. Biddle ,
H.G. Bissinger ,
Fredric N. Tulsky &
John Woestendiek (1987)
Dean Baquet ,
William C. Gaines &
Ann Marie Lipinski (19)
Bill Dedman (1989)
Lou Kilzer (1990)
Joseph T. Hallinan &
Susan M. Headden (1991)
Lorraine Adams &
Dan Malone (1992)
Jeff Brazil &
Steve Berry (1993)
Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994)
Stephanie Saul &
Brian Donovan (1995)
The Orange County Register (1996)
Eric Nalder ,
Deborah Nelson &
Alex Tizon (1997)
Gary Cohn &
Will Englund (1998)
Miami Herald (1999)
Sang-Hun Choe ,
Charles J. Hanley &
Martha Mendoza (2000)
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The Wall Street Journal (2023)
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