James Polk20111964BA'64/images/alumni/distinguished-alumni/polk-james-sm.jpgsite://BL-MEDIA-WEBS.main/images/alumni/distinguished-alumni/polk-james-sm.jpgBL-MEDIA-WEBS.mainpolk-james-sm.jpgpolk-james-sm.jpg169280600600/alumni/awards/recipients/james-polkshort-display-namealternate-link-labelnavigation-setNonewide-pageNobody-classbody-idsite://BL-MEDIA-WEBS.main/alumni/awards/recipients/james-polkBL-MEDIA-WEBS.mainjames-polk2011James PolkJames Polk, BA’64, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for his reporting as a staff writer for the Washington Star-News on financial irregularities that were part of the Watergate scandal.