Word: awarders
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Fats in cells will be the subject of research by Robert P. Geyer, associate professor of Nutrition, with a grant of $14,498, while Robert S. Chang, assistant professor of Microbiology, will continue genetic research with an award of $6,172. Paul C. Zamecnik, Collis P. Huntington Professor of Oncologic Medicine, received $4,715 for cancer research...
George Wald, professor of Biology, last night was awarded the 51st award of the Rumford Premium of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
PRIX GONCOURT. Hardly anyone had heard of the winning book, Saint-Germain, ou la Negotiation, before the award was announced, but the prize assures a sale of 100,000 copies. Written by Francis Walder, a retired Belgian artillery officer turned minor diplomat, Saint-Germain is a diplomat's reconstruction of the negotiations that led up to the peace of Saint-Germain, the temporary truce between French Huguenots and French Catholics before the St. Bartholomew Massacre of 1572. "One can understand his wanting to write the book," sniffed one critic who struggled through it, "but what one cannot understand...
...lobby of Club 21, the conclave gathered to proffer to Miss Joanne Woodward the award of Hasty Pudding Club Woman-of-the-Year. As she read a scroll citing her "great acting skill and feminine qualities," Miss Woodward murmured that she loved and appreciated "what...
Miss Woodward was then asked whether she could compare and contrast her talent with that of other recipients of the Hasty Pudding award. The list includes Debbie Reynolds and Mamie Eisenhower. "A question like that presupposes an evaluation of their talent," she said hesitantly. "I guess to be a hostess like Mrs. Eisenhower requires talent. I certainly wouldn't want that kind of a job--but, yes, it certainly must require talent. Debbie and I talk about what we'd like to do. I'd like to play in a musical, and she wants to play dramatic roles...