H. G. Davis Jr. | |
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Born | June 14, 1924 Manchester, Georgia, USA
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Died | August 16, 2004 | (aged 80)
Education | B.A., University of Florida |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and educator |
Horance Gibbs "Buddy" Davis Jr. (June 14, 1924 – August 16, 2004) was an American journalist and educator. [1] He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for a series of editorials in support of the peaceful desegregation of Florida's schools. [2]
Davis was born in Manchester, Georgia. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific. He and his wife had a son, Gregory, and a daughter, Jennifer.
Davis received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and taught at its University of Florida School of Journalism (established 1953) from 1954 to 1985. [1] From 1962 to 1983 he was a columnist and editorial writer for The Gainesville Sun; from 1983 to 1989, a columnist for the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group. [1]
He died of heart failure in August 2004 at the age of 80. [1]
In 1971 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing [2] and he was named a UF Distinguished Alumnus. In 1977, he received the highest service award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Wells Memorial Key.