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Leonard Downie, Jr.
Vice President At-Large
Washington Post Company

Resume

• Washington Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes while he was executive editor
• Finalist for 1966 Pulitzer Prize in local reporting
• Weil Family Professor of Journalism at Arizona State University
• Award for Editorial Leadership, American Society of News Editors, 2009.
• Ben Bradlee Editor of the Year Award, National Press Foundation, 2008.
• Goldsmith Award, Harvard University, 2003.
• Author of four non-fiction books and one novel
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from The Ohio State University, 1993.
• Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence for coverage of Britain.
• Gavel Award of the American Bar Association for coverage of the courts.
• John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism.
• Front Page Award, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.
• Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship.