Show Competition in 2008. The DP won the Pacemaker, awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation in 1990, 1997, 1998, 2000-2004, 2007, 2017, 2018, and 2019. It was ranked as the "most read" college newspaper by The Princeton Review in 1990, 1997, 1998, and 2001. In 2006, College Publisher awarded the DP first place in the category of Best Online Sports Coverage and, in 2008, it was awarded an online Gold Crown for thedp.com. Notable former staff members George Wharton Pepper 1887 (DP Editor-in-Chief), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Josiah Penniman 1890 (DP Editor-in-Chief), Provost of the University of Pennsylvania Owen Roberts 1895 (DP Editor-in-Chief), associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court Josiah McCracken 1900 (DP Associate Editor), physician; silver and bronze medalist, 1900 Summer Olympics Wilson Hobson Jr. '24 (DP Editorial Board), bronze medalist, 1932 Summer Olympics John Haines Ware III '30 (DP staff), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Charles Addams '33 (DP staff), cartoonist Robert Elegant '46, journalist known for his coverage of the Korean and Vietnam Wars Leonard Lauder '54 (DP staff), chairman and CEO, Estée Lauder Companies Frank Dolson, '54, Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer Gaeton Fonzi, '57, reporter and editor for Philadelphia Magazine Michael Stuart Brown '62 (DP Editor-in-Chief), geneticist and physician; 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Claudia Cohen '62 (DP Exec. Editor), gossip columnist, socialite, and television reporter Richard Fisher '63 (DP Exec. Editor), New York real estate developer Dan Rottenberg '64 (DP sports editor), journalist, editor and author of 10 books Lee Eisenberg (author), '68 (DP reporter), editor, Esquire magazine Arnold Eisen '73 (DP reporter), chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary Maurice Obstfeld '73 (DP Editor-in-Chief), chief economist, International Monetary Fund Benjamin Ginsberg '74 (DP Editor-in-Chief), partner, Patton Boggs Buzz Bissinger '76 (DP Editorial Page Editor), author, Friday Night Lights; 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting David A. Gross '76, (DP staff) U.S. ambassador Erik Larson '76, (DP staff) author, The Devil in the White City Steve Stecklow '76 (DP reporter/columnist), global investigative reporter, Reuters; 2019 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Lisa Scottoline '77 (DP staff), author of legal thrillers Dave Lieber '79 (DP columnist), columnist, The Dallas Morning News Richard Stevenson '81 (DP Exec. Editor), Washington editor, The New York Times Ken Rosenthal '84 (DP Sports Writer), sportswriter, reporter, and sportscaster for Fox Sports Stefan Fatsis '85, former Wall Street Journal reporter; author, Word Freak