| 词条 | Lauren K. Soth |
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Lauren Kephart Soth (October 2, 1910–February 9, 1998) was an American journalist and recipient of the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. BiographySoth was born October 2, 1910 in Sibley, Iowa, United States, he is the son of a school superintendent Michael Ray Soth and Virginia Mabel (Kephart) Soth.[1][2] He grew up in a few different small towns in Iowa including, Alton, Marathon, Wyoming, and Holstein.[1] He attended Holstein High School.[3] For college, Soth attended Iowa State University (ISU) in 1927 and earned a B.S. in agricultural journalism in 1932 and a M.S. in agricultural economics in 1938.[4] Soth was hired to write editorials in 1947 for The Des Moines Register and Des Moines Tribune.[1] He was then promoted to assistant editor in 1951 and later promoted to editor in 1954 for the editorial pages, working between 1947 until 1975 for 28 years.[1][5] In 1955 Soth wrote an editorial article, inviting a Soviet delegation to visit Iowa and learn about farming during the Cold War-era. As a result, an educational travel exchange between Soviet and Iowa farmers occurred, and it was this article that won him the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.[5] He died on February 9, 1998 of cancer at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.[5] References1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=352|title=Soth, Lauren Kephart|last=|first=|date=|website=The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa -The University of Iowa|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-19}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Soth, Lauren}}{{US-journalist-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://findingaids.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/16-3-54.html|title=Lauren Soth Papers, RS 16/3/54, Special Collections Department|last=|first=|date=|website=Iowa State University Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-19}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3DaR783e08C&dq|title=The Pulitzer Prize Archive: A History and Anthology of Award-winning Materials in Journalism, Letters and Arts|last=Fischer|first=Heinz-Dietrich|last2=Fischer|first2=Erika J.|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|year=1990|isbn=3598301707|location=|pages=191-192|via=Google Books}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/distinguished_alumni.php|title=Distinguished Alumni|last=|first=|date=|website=Iowa State University, Office of Admissions|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-19}} 5. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/19/business/lauren-k-soth-pulitzer-prize-winner-87.html|title=Lauren K. Soth, Pulitzer Prize Winner, 87|last=|first=|date=1998-02-19|website=The New York Times|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-19}} 8 : 1910 births|1998 deaths|Iowa State University alumni|Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing winners|Editors of Iowa newspapers|People from Des Moines, Iowa|Journalists from Iowa|People from Sibley, Iowa |
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