Edward A. Harris

Edward Arnold Harris (October 20, 1910 – March 14, 1976) was an American journalist. He was a longtime reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1946.

Early life and education Harris was born in St. Louis, the son of Nathan Harris and Rose (Goldman) Harris. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with an A.B. Degree in 1933.

Pauley case When President Truman appointed Edwin W. Pauley, an oilman and former Democratic Party treasurer, to be Undersecretary of the Navy in 1946, Pauley's effort to prevent government control of tidewater oil reserves by offering a substantial contribution to the party was uncovered in a series of articles by Harris. The revelations turned the public against the appointment, led Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes to resign in protest against the appointment, and made Pauley's confirmation impossible. The articles won Harris the Pulitzer Prize. In 1957, he took a leave of absence to study for an M.S. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Honors and awards Harris was awarded the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting (National).

He also received the following awards:

Journalism Award, Fontbonne College, MO 1947 Alumni Citation, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, 1957 Award of Distinction, UCLA Department of Journalism, 1958 Agricultural Writers' Award, 1961