William J. Dorvillier
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William J. Dorvillier, born in Massachusetts in 1908, was the 1961 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. The publisher and editor of then 18-month old The San Juan Star[1], he wrote 20 stinging editorials criticizing the Catholic Church's interference with the 1960 general elections in Puerto Rico, where 90% of the population was Roman Catholic.
Dorvillier's editorials produced a response from Bishop James Edward MacManus, which The San Juan Star published in its entirety.
To this day, the Star remains the only Pulitzer Prize-winning publication in Puerto Rico and while every one of its Spanish-language competitors in 1961 are long gone, it continues publishing.
