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Oscar Griffin Jr.
Born
Oscar O'Neal Griffin Jr.

(1933-04-28)April 28, 1933
Daisetta, Texas, U.S.
DiedNovember 23, 2011(2011-11-23) (aged 78)
New Waverly, Texas, U.S.
Education
Occupationjournalist
SpousePatricia Lamb Griffin (1955-2011 his death)
Children4
Awards1963 Pulitzer Prize
Military career
Allegiance 
U.S. Army
Years of service1953-1955
Notes

Oscar O'Neal Griffin Jr. (April 28, 1933 – November 23, 2011) was an American journalist.

Early life and education

Griffin was born in

University of Texas in 1958. In 1982, he completed Harvard Business School's executive education
program for Owner/President Management (OPM).

Career

Griffin was the editor of the

University of Texas, he worked at a number of small newspapers before his stint at the Pecos, Texas Independent and Enterprise. In 1962, he began working for the Houston Chronicle
, where he was responsible for covering the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

Griffin was assistant director of Public Affairs for the

U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. (1969-1974.) After coming back to Texas, he founded Griffin Well Service, an oil company in El Campo.[2]

Awards and honors

Griffin won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting (No Edition Time), as editor at the Independent and Enterprise, for directing its investigation of the fraud scandal involving Billie Sol Estes in 1962.[7][8]

Family

Griffin was married to the former Patricia Lamb for 56 years. Together they had three daughters and a son: Gwendolyn Pryor, Amanda Ward, Marguerite Horne, and Gregory Griffin. They also had seven grandchildren.

Death

Griffin died in New Waverly, Texas, where he lived, on November 23, 2011, at the age of 78, of cancer.[9]

Publications

  • LCCN 86070715
    .

References

  1. ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., eds. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 397.
    ISBN 1-57356-111-8
    . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  2. ^ a b "Oscar Griffin Jr. – Moody College of Communication". University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  3. ^ "Noted & Quoted - Alumni - Harvard Business School". Harvard Business School. March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  4. ^ "Oscar O'Neal Griffin Jr. Obituary". The Courier of Montgomery County. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  5. ^ Martin, Douglas (December 10, 2011). "Oscar Griffin Jr., 78, Pulitzer Prize Winner Who Brought Down Scheming Texas Tycoon, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  6. ^ "Of note: Don DeVito, Oscar Griffin Jr., Gary Speed". The Washington Post. November 29, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  7. ^ "1963 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  8. ^ Griffin Jr., Oscar (March 1, 1962). "Tank transactions soar to $34 million". The Pecos Independent and Enterprise. Retrieved 2014-03-07. (Third in a series)
  9. ^ Martin, Douglas. "Oscar Griffin Jr., 78, Pulitzer Prize Winner Winner Who Brought Down Scheming Texas Tycoon, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

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