Robert D. Mullins (December 16, 1924 - June 8, 2016) won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting - Edition time (now called Breaking News Reporting) for his work July 4–10, 1961, relating to a murder in Grand County, Utah. At the time he was the Price Bureau chief for the Deseret News, where he worked from 1951 to 1987. He served in the United States military during World War II.
References "Dogged pursuit of story paid off: News reporter won the Pulitzer 44 years ago". Joe Bauman. Deseret News. July 4, 2006. Retrieved 2014-04-22. "Local Reporting; Edition Time". The Pulitzer Prizes (pulitzer.org). Retrieved 2014-04-22.