Word: awarders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Sammy Lee received some news that left him "a little embarrassed, but darned proud." He had won the A.A.U.'s James E. Sullivan award as the nation's No. 1 amateur athlete in 1953. Sammy was embarrassed because he was so busy being an Army medic that he never even got his feet wet in diving competition last year...
...first year, the orchestra will have performed 28 orchestral commissions (at $1,200 each), two one-act operas (at $2,000) and ten student-award pieces. Most of them, recorded by Columbia, will be sold on subscription, and tapes will be distributed to colleges, thus assuring each work as broad a hearing as any composer could hope...
Wisconsin's supreme court let fall a decision last week that reverberated like a boiler factory. The court approved a compensation award of $2,429 damages for partial loss of hearing to one Albert Wojcik, 62, an operator employed by the Green Bay Drop Forge Co. What made the case news was that Wojcik is still working at his job. He has not lost a penny in wages. But substantial loss of hearing is in itself sound basis for compensation, the court held...
...American Chemical Society gave him an award in pure chemistry in 1942; he has contributed many articles to leading professional journals...
...League team, the U.P. All-Eastern team, and the sports writers' All-Eastern team, was followed in the balloting by quarterback Peter Van of Army, passing ace Richard Carr of Columbia, and end Henry Lemire from Holy Cross. Crimson fullback John Culver received honorable mention for the award...