Iowa Almanac
Iowa Almanac -- Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Sketching our times. More from the Iowa-Almanac in a moment. Every detail matters when building a winning game plan. That's why the Cyclones and Hawkeyes rely on better, cleaner now biodiesel to power their team buses on game day, delivering success on the field in the field and in the environment. Make biodiesel part of your winning game plan by visiting isoybeans.com. Biodiesel. Grow it. Request it. Use it. This message brought to you by the Iowa Soybean Association and the Soybean Check-Off. During his five-decade-long career, cartoonist Paul Conrad provided comment on 11 presidential administrations. His work for the Los Angeles Times even landed him on President Nixon's enemies list during the aftermath of Watergate. He and his twin brother James were born in Cedar Rapids on June 27, 1924. He was actually left-handed but forced by teachers to use his right hand, not uncommon at the time. He first showed a flair for art by drawing on the bathroom wall of his elementary school in Des Moines. His role model was the legendary Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Ding Darling. After service in World War II, Conrad enrolled at the University of Iowa in 1946 and started drawing cartoons for the daily Iowan. He graduated in 1950 and spent the next 14 years at the Denver Post. He earned his first Pulitzer Prize in 1964 and his work was syndicated across the country. He moved to the Los Angeles Times in 1964 and offered cartoon commentary on the important political events of the time, picking up another two Pulitzer's during his 30 years there. When Paul Conrad died in California, he was universally regarded as one of the finest political cartoonists of the century. Iowa-born Paul Conrad died on this date in 2010. And that's Iowa Almanac for September 4th. Follow us on Twitter @IowaAlmanac. Until tomorrow, I'm Jeff Stein.