Finalist: George Washington Williams: A Biography , by John Hope Franklin (University of Chicago Press )
The Jury
The Jury
Martin Ridge(Chair)
Senior Research Associate, Huntington Library
Kenneth Manning
Associate Professor of the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Margot M. Peters
Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Winners in Biography
1986 Prize Winners
Jimmy Breslin
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.
Donal Henahan
For his music criticism.