Jack McCurdy

Jack McCurdy was a distinguished journalist with a career spanning over four decades. He served as California correspondent for The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1980 to 2000. Prior to that, he was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times for 20 years, during which he was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Watts Riots in 1965. In 1968, he received the International Reading Association Print Media Award for outstanding reporting. McCurdy authored two books and several extensive papers on education issues. McCurdy was also an active community member in Morro Bay, California, contributing to local journalism and civic initiatives.

updated 2017