Orr, 1890-
Variant namesAmerican editorial cartoonist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner.
From the description of Carey Orr cartoons, 1915-1937. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 187972291
Carey Orr (1890-1967) was a Pulitzer prize winning American editorial cartoonist.
Born in Ada, Ohio on January 17 1890, Carey Cassius Orr later moved to Spokane, Washington to live with his father. As a teenager, he took a correspondence course in cartooning. But following high school, Orr studied math and engineering at his father’s urging. Orr went on to find success as a semi-professional baseball pitcher and used his earnings to study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
Orr worked briefly for the Chicago Examiner and also as editorial cartoonist for the Nashville Tennessean from 1912 to 1917. While in Nashville, Orr was frequently the target of editorials by the opposition paper, the Banner ran by Major E.B. Stahlman. Orr's work also appeared in Literary Digest and Cartoons Magazine . In 1917, Orr returned to Chicago as an editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, filling in for John T. McCutcheon. Orr created the "Tiny Tribune" strip that appeared in the paper; each of the four panels caricatured a section of the paper. Eventually, Orr replaced John T. McCutcheon.
Orr received the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1961 for his October 8, 1960 cartoon. He also won several awards from the Freedoms Foundation and was presented with a gold medal from the United States government for his World War I cartoons. He was also featured on the television program, This is Your Life . Orr also is credited with drawing the "The Kernel Cootie" strip from approximately 1919 to 1922.
Orr retired from the Chicago Tribune on January 1, 1963. He died on May 16, 1967 at Evanston Hospital.
From the guide to the Carey Orr Cartoons, 1916-1962, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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Birth 1890-01-17
Death 1967-05-16