1. Ralph Pulitzer was an American heir, newspaper publisher and author.
13 Facts About Ralph Pulitzer
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Ralph Pulitzer served as the president of the Press Publishing Co.
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Ralph Pulitzer was born on June 11,1879, in St Louis, Missouri.
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Ralph Pulitzer was the son of Katherine "Kate" Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, the newspaper magnate.
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Ralph Pulitzer's mother was rumored to be a distant relative of Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States of America.
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Ralph Pulitzer subsequently served as the vice president of the Pulitzer Publishing Company, which published the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Ralph Pulitzer was an active supporter of the National Air Races.
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Ralph Pulitzer sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race to encourage higher speed in landplanes.
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In 1928, Ralph Pulitzer married Vassar College graduate Margaret Kernochan Leech, who, after his death, received two Pulitzer Prizes for her own work.
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Ralph Pulitzer died during an abdominal operation on June 14,1939, at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
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Ralph Pulitzer's funeral was held at St Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Ralph Pulitzer was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx.
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Ralph Pulitzer's widow died at her home, 812 Fifth Avenue, on February 24,1974.