Minneapolis Star , by William Seaman
For his dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street.
The Jury
The Jury
Tom C. Harris
Managing Editor, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
George W. Healy, Jr.
Editor, New Orleans Times-Picayune and President, American Society of Newspaper Editors
Julius H. Klyman
Editor, Sunday Pictures, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Winners in Photography
William C. Beall
For his photograph "Faith and Confidence," showing a policeman patiently reasoning with two-year-old boy trying to cross a street during a parade.
Harry A. Trask
For his dramatic and outstanding photographic sequence of the sinking of the liner Andrea Doria, the pictures being taken from an airplane flying at a height of 75 feet only nine minutes before the ship plunged to the bottom. (The second picture in the sequence is cited as the key photograph.)
Staff
For its consistently excellent news picture coverage in 1955, an outstanding example of which is its photo, "Bomber Crashes in Street."
John L. Gaunt
For a photo that is poignant and profoundly moving, entitled, "Tragedy by the Sea," showing a young couple standing together beside an angry sea in which only a few minutes earlier their year-old son had perished.
1959 Prize Winners
William H. (Bill) Mauldin
For "I won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime?" Published on October 30, 1958.
Ralph McGill
For his distinguished editorial writing during 1958 as exemplified in his editorial "A Church, A School...." and for his long, courageous and effective editorial leadership.