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George Thiem
Ezra George Thiem (July 8, 1897 – July 8, 1987) was an American journalist, an investigative reporter who won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Public Service twice, and then a politician who served in the Illinois state legislature.
==Journalism career==
Thiem was born in Evanston, Illinois. He began in journalism in the 1920s, as editor of the ''Prairie Farmer''; he also served as information officer of the Illinois Agricultural Association.〔("E. George Thiem, Two-time Pulitzer Winner, Dies At Age 90" ). Associated Press. July 10, 1987. Retrieved May 21, 2013.〕
In 1942, he joined the ''Chicago Daily News''. In 1950, his work for the ''News'', in collaboration with Roy J. Harris of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', earned those papers a joint Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll".〔〔(''Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners'' ) (via Google Books). Elizabeth A. Brennan and Elizabeth Clarage. Oryx Press. 1999.〕 His coverage of the "Hodge scandal" in 1956 won the Public Service Pulitzer for the ''Daily News'' alone, citing "determined and courageous public service in exposing a $2,500,000 fraud centering in the office of the State Auditor of Illinois, resulting in the indictment and conviction of the State Auditor and others. This led to the reorganization of State procedures to prevent a recurrence of the fraud."〔 The Illinois official Orville Hodge was a personal friend of Thiem〔("Thiem, 90, Winner Of 2 Pulitzers" ). ''Chicago Tribune''. Edward Baumann. July 10, 1987. Retrieved May 28, 2013.〕 whose work demonstrating that Hodge was embezzling from the state.〔 In 1962, Thiem's book ''The Hodge Scandal: a Pattern of American Political Corruption'' was published by St Martin's Press.〔("THE HODGE SCANDAL by George Thiem" ). ''Kirkus Reviews''. February 1, 1962. Retrieved May 28, 2013.〕
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