Thomas More Storke was an American politician, rancher, journalist and publisher. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in 1962. Born in Santa Barbara, California to eminent local citizen and politician Charles A. Storke, he attended public schools and graduated from Stanford University in 1898. (The now-demolished Storke Publications Building at Stanford is named for his family.

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  • Thomas More Storke was an American politician, rancher, journalist and publisher. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in 1962. Born in Santa Barbara, California to eminent local citizen and politician Charles A. Storke, he attended public schools and graduated from Stanford University in 1898. (The now-demolished Storke Publications Building at Stanford is named for his family. ) He was editor and publisher of Santa Barbara News-Press and its predecessors, a rancher and citrus fruit grower, and postmaster of Santa Barbara from 1914 to 1921. Storke was one of the few prominent voices opposed to the movement in Santa Barbara in the 1920s to unify the architectural style around a Spanish theme, although he later recanted, claiming that his original opposition was principally because such dictates interfered with the constitutional rights of property owners. He was appointed on November 9, 1938, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Gibbs McAdoo and served from November 9, 1938, to January 3, 1939. However, because Congress was not in session during the time he was in office, Storke was never actually sworn into office. He was not a candidate for election for the full term. He returned home and resumed working in the newspaper business. He was a member of the California Crime Commission from 1951-1952, and the Board of Regents of the University of California from 1955 until 1960. In 1958 Storke wrote California Editor, a lengthy memoir rich in local Santa Barbara history. In 1961, after the John Birch Society attacked the Eisenhower administration and Chief Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren as being communists, Storke responded with a caustic series of editorials in the News-Press which won him popular acclaim as well as a number of prizes. These included the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, for Editorial Writing in 1962, the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College. He died in Santa Barbara and is buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery. Storke's contributions to the development of Santa Barbara include spearheading numerous public ventures, including the establishment of the Santa Barbara Airport, the building of Lake Cachuma that supplies the area with water, and the upgrading of Santa Barbara State College to a University of California campus UCSB. He used his political clout to help obtain the present UCSB campus, over 900 coastal acres and a former military installation, from the US Government under the college land grant program. Part of Storke's lasting legacy is Storke Tower, a 190-foot structure in the center of the UCSB campus. Beneath Storke Tower is the Storke Communication Plaza, where students currently produce the Daily Nexus newspaper and broadcast KCSB-FM, the campus radio station. Storke also owned and started AM radio station KTMS.
  • Thomas More Storke, född 23 november 1876 i Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, död 12 oktober 1971 i Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och publicist. Han representerade delstaten Kalifornien i 1938-1939. Han fick Pulitzerpriset år 1962 i kategorin ledare (Editorial Writing). Storke utexaminerades 1898 från Stanford University. Han var sedan verksam som ansvarig utgivare för Santa Barbara News-Press. Han var postmästare i Santa Barbara 1914-1921. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo avgick i november 1938 och Storke blev utnämnd till senaten. Han efterträddes av Sheridan Downey i januari 1939. John Birch Society anklagade och chefsdomaren Earl Warren för kommunism. Storke svarade år 1961 med en serie ledare som han riktade mot John Birch Societys övertramp. Storkes ledare ledde till utmärkelser som Pulitzerpriset, Elijah Parish Lovejoy-priset och hedersdoktorat vid Colby College. Storkes grav finns på Santa Barbara Cemetery i Santa Barbara.
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  • Thomas More Storke was an American politician, rancher, journalist and publisher. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in 1962. Born in Santa Barbara, California to eminent local citizen and politician Charles A. Storke, he attended public schools and graduated from Stanford University in 1898. (The now-demolished Storke Publications Building at Stanford is named for his family.
  • Thomas More Storke, född 23 november 1876 i Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, död 12 oktober 1971 i Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och publicist. Han representerade delstaten Kalifornien i 1938-1939. Han fick Pulitzerpriset år 1962 i kategorin ledare (Editorial Writing). Storke utexaminerades 1898 från Stanford University. Han var sedan verksam som ansvarig utgivare för Santa Barbara News-Press. Han var postmästare i Santa Barbara 1914-1921.
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