linton's wife, marianne and children, lily and michael establish the mark linton history prize and have generously supported and sponsored the lucas prize project since its creation. tony, as friends knew him, began the that would distinguish him as one of the country's master storyteller hours while an undergraduate reporter at the harvard crimson. he would go on to win two pulitzer prizes, the first in 1968 for his reporting the new york times, the second for common ground. a turbulent decade in the lives of three american families. his landmark work about school desegregation and bussing in boston. the work is american masterpiece. one of lucas's great gifts was his ability to pair the common, the combustible. there was always a fine tension running beneath the most mundane moments in the book a writing style that must characterize the social climate in boston during this tumultuous period, tony published five important books each and examined notion of a critical rift in america's social and political landscape, each seen through the lens of individuals caught up in the tides of cha