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J. Anthony Lukas '55
Nearing the completion of his fifth book Big Trouble, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author J. Anthony Lukas '55 committed suicide in his Manhattan apartment June 5. He was 64.
Lukas, a former Crimson executive, graduated magna cum laude with a degree in government. He later studied as both a Nieman and an Institute of Politics Fellow and served as an adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government in 1979.
Group founders Christopher M. Hodge '00, Lukas A. Bergstrom '00, who is a Crimson editor, and Jerald M. Korn '00--who met by sharing a suite last year--described how they became interested in yo-yoing after Hodge brought one home during a busy afternoon and they discovered its relaxing...
The heart of the book is the trial, a judicial three-ring circus featuring jury tampering, espionage, soaring oratory and federal meddling, all set against a background of corruption that makes the contemporary political scene seem virginal by comparison. The liveliest section describes the kidnapping of "Big Bill" Haywood and...