Pulitzer Prize winning writers C. Vann Woodward (BA 1930), author of "The Strange Career of Jim Crow" and Dumas Malone (BA 1910) are also alumni, the latter also being the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Pulitzer Prize winning writers C. Vann Woodward (BA 1930), author of "The Strange Career of Jim Crow", Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner Mike Dupee (BS 1988), and Dumas Malone (BA 1910) are also alumni, the latter also being the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.