caption death_date death_place birth_place alias nationality name birth_date area image article_title birth_name
herblock march 29 , 1950 '' washington post '' cartoon coined the term `` mccarthyism '' in this 7 october 2001 washington , d.c. , united states chicago , illinois , united states herblock american herblock 13 october 1909 cartoonist herblock1950.jpg herblock
 herbert lawrence block
herblock

herbert lawrence block , commonly known as herblock -lrb- october13 , 1909october7 , 2001 -rrb- , was an american editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy .
during the course of a career stretching into nine decades , he won three pulitzer prizes for editorial cartooning -lrb- 1942 , 1954 , 1979 -rrb- , shared a fourth pulitzer prize in 1973 for public service on watergate , the presidential medal of freedom -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , the national cartoonist society editorial cartoon award in 1957 and 1960 , the reuben award in 1956 , the gold key award -lrb- the national cartoonists society hall of fame -rrb- in 1979 , and numerous other honors .
