Oscar Griffin Jr.

Journalist

Birthday April 28, 1933

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Texas

DEATH DATE Nov 23, 2011 (78)

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About

American journalist from Texas who won the Pulitzer in 1963 for his coverage of Billie Sol Estes's fraud scandal.

Before Fame

He earned an M.B.A from Harvard Business School in 1962.

Trivia

He covered the Kennedy and Johnson administrations while working at the Houston Chronicle in 1962.

Family Life

He had four children with his wife Patricia Lamb.

Associated With

Both he and James Reston are both Pulitzer Prize winners.