Austin American-Statesman Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977

Journalism

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University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

Reddick, DeWitt Carter, 1904-

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DeWitt C. Reddick (1904-1980) earned his bachelor's in 1925 and master's in 1928 from the University of Texas. He began his reporting career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Austin American-Statesman in 1924. He became an instructor in UT's Department of Journalism in 1927 and served as director of the School of Journalism from 1959 to 1964. Reddick wrote or co-authored many books, including Journalism and the School Paper (1938), Modern Feature Writing (1949), ...

Whitman, Charles Joseph, 1941-1966

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Austin American-statesman

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Founded in 1871 as the Democratic Statesman, the Austin, Texas, newspaper became the Austin Statesman in 1904 after buying several smaller publications. Owned by the same company since 1924, the Statesman and Austin American combined in 1973 to become the Austin American-Statesman. In 1966, the paper covered the story of University of Texas at Austin (UT) student and former Marine Charles Whitman, who killed 17 people, including himself, and injured 31 others in a shooti...