Finalist: Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center , by Daniel Okrent (Viking )
The Jury
The Jury
Drew Gilpin Faust(chair )
dean
Neil Foley
associate dean and professor, College of Liberal Arts
David A. Hollinger
Preston Hotchkis professor of American history
Winners in History
2004 Prize Winners
Daniel Golden
For his compelling and meticulously documented stories on admission preferences given to the children of alumni and donors at American universities.
David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer
For their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.
Staff
For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.