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Wilkins<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/602/000106284/" class=proflink>25-Mar</a>-<a href="/lists/931/000105616/" class=proflink>1932</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/557/000069350/" class=proflink>Kansas City, MO</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/969/000106651/" class=proflink>26-Mar</a>-<a href="/lists/858/000402649/" class=proflink>2017</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/530/000100230/" class=proflink>Kensington, MD</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> unspecified<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> Black<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/239/000069032/" class=proflink>Educator</a>, <a href="/lists/180/000068973/" class=proflink>Journalist</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Author, blackademic<p>Now a history professor at George Mason University, Roger Wilkins served as an editor at <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, and <i>The Washington Star</i>. It was at the <i>Post</i> that he shared in the Pulitzer Prize for that paper's reporting on the Watergate scandal. <p><b>Father:</b> Earl W. Wilkins (journalist, d.)<br><b>Mother:</b> Helen Natalie Jackson Clayton<br><b>Wife:</b> Eve Tyler (div., one daughter, one son)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Amy T. Wilkins (journalist)<br><b>Son:</b> David E.<br><b>Wife:</b> Mary Myers (div.)<br><b>Wife:</b> Patricia A. King (m. 21-Feb-1981, until his death, one daughter)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Elizabeth W.<br><p> High School: Creston High School, Grand Rapids, MI<br> University: <a href="/edu/512/000068308/">BA, University of Michigan (1953)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/512/000068308/">LLB, University of Michigan (1956)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/663/000079426/">George Mason University</a><br><p> <a href="/media/782/000048638/">The Washington Star</a> Associate Editor (1980-81)<br> <a href="/media/640/000044508/">The New York Times</a> Columnist (1977-79)<br> <a href="/media/640/000044508/">The New York Times</a> Editorial Board (1974-79)<br> <a href="/media/658/000044526/">The Washington Post</a> Editorial Staff (1972-74)<br> <a href="/org/238/000179698/">American Constitution Society for Law and Policy</a> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/org/815/000052659/">Ford Foundation</a> <br> <a href="/org/600/000061417/">Institute for Policy Studies</a> Senior Fellow (1982-92)<br> <a href="/org/813/000041690/">NAACP</a> <br> <a href="/org/684/000167183/">Obama for America</a> <br> <a href="/honors/891/000044759/">Pulitzer Prize</a> 1972<br> <a href="/group/536/000044404/">Watergate Scandal</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>A Man's Life: An Autobiography</i> (<tt>1982</tt>, memoir)<br><i>Jefferson's Pillow: A Black Patriot Confronts the Myths of the Founding Fathers</i> (<tt>2001</tt>, nonfiction)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=90691"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=90691">Roger Wilkins</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=90691" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>