Guy Sterling

Guy Sterling (Col ’70) spent nearly 35 years as a daily newspaper reporter before retiring in 2009. He was a reporter on the staff of The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news in 2005 for its coverage of the sudden and unexpected resignation of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey. Four years earlier, Sterling had been a lead reporter in the coverage of the deadly dormitory fire at Seton Hall University that earned the paper its first-ever selection as a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2007, he won an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award given nationally for excellence in music writing. He has also written two books.