Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year

"Born June 4, 1929, in Dubuque, Iowa; attended Loras College and the University of Iowa; former Air Force pilot and aircraft designer; studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and the Art Center of Los Angeles; assistant to Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, 1957-61; cartoonist for Dick Tracy comic strip, 1983 to present; editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, 1973 to present; winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1983, the Sigma Delta Chi Award, 1982, and the Overseas Press Club Award, 1983; syndicated by the Chicago Tribune."