The Worth Bingham Prize was named after Robert W (who died at the age of 34), graduated from Harvard College and served as an officer in the United States Navy before joining the staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times in 1961.
The prize is named for Robert W. "Worth" Bingham, a newspaper heir and reporter who died at the age of thirty-four. Bingham graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and served as an officer in the United States Navy. He joined the staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times in 1961, where he received a National Headliner Award for his series on "Our Costly Congress." 
