Ralph Pulitzer

Ralph Pulitzer

Influential publisher and socialite Ralph Pulitzer (1879-1939) was the son of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer and upon Pulitzer's death acquired control of the New York World, an influential American newspaper. For decades, Ralph Pulitzer was one of the most influential men in American journalism.

Pulitzer was raised in great wealth and attended first St. Mark's School of Southborough and then Harvard University. He was married twice, once to Frederica Vanderbilt Webb and once to Margaret Leech, who, ironically, had received two Pulitzer Prizes. (These awards were endowed by Ralph Pulitzer's father, Joseph.)

An active supporter of the National Air Races, Ralph Pulitzer sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race to encourage higher speed in landplanes.


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