Political cartoonist, author, and journalist.
From the description of Herbert Block papers, 1863-2002 (bulk 1945-2001). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71073502
Cartoonist; interviewee signs cartoons as Herblock.
From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Block : lecture history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122573986
Biographical Note
1909, Oct. 13
Born, Chicago, Ill.
1927
1929
Attended Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill.
1929
1933
Political cartoonist,
Chicago Daily News, Chicago, Ill.
1933
1943
Political cartoonist, Newspaper Enterprise Association,
Cleveland, Ohio
1942
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning
1943
1945
Drafted by the United States Army; stationed in Orlando, Fla.,
and New York, N.Y.; edited and contributed cartoons to military
newspapers
1946
2001
Political cartoonist,
Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
1950
Herblock Looks at Communismpamphlet published by
United States Department of State in various languages and distributed
internationally
1952
Published
The Herblock Book. Boston: Beacon Press
1954
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning
1957
Received Rueben Award for outstanding cartoonist of the year,
National Cartoonists Society
1966
Designed United States postage stamp commemorating the 175th
anniversary of the Bill of Rights
1968
Published
The Herblock Gallery. New York: Simon and Schuster
1973
Shared in Pulitzer Prize for public service awarded to
Washington Post for its investigation of the
Watergate Affair
1974
Published
Herblock Special Report. New York: Norton
1979
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning
1984
Published
Herblock through the Looking Glass. New York:
Norton
1986
Received Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for contributions to the
cause of freedom of speech and the advancement of freedom of the press, Colby
College, Waterville, Maine
1993
Published memoirs as
Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life. New York: Macmillan
Publishing Co.
1994
Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
2001, Oct. 7
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Herbert Block Papers, 1863-2002, (bulk 1945-2001), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)