HONOR

"The Cosmos Club Award has been presented annually since 1964 to persons of national or international standing in a field of science, literature, the fine arts, the learned professions, or the public service."

Official Website:
http://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/cosmosaward.htm

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mac Bundy	Government	30-Mar-1919	16-Sep-1996	National Security Advisor, 1961-66
John Hope Franklin	Historian	2-Jan-1915	25-Mar-2009	From Slavery to Freedom
Helen Hayes	Actor	10-Oct-1900	17-Mar-1993	First Lady of the Theater
Max Kampelman	Diplomat	7-Nov-1920		US Ambassador to the CSCE
C. Everett Koop	Government	14-Oct-1916		US Surgeon General, 1982-89
Arthur Kornberg	Scientist	3-Mar-1918	26-Oct-2007	Synthesized DNA
Edwin H. Land	Inventor	7-May-1909	1-Mar-1991	Polaroid Land Camera
Jim Lehrer	Journalist	19-May-1934		PBS NewsHour
Archibald Macleish	Poet	7-May-1892	20-Apr-1982	Conquistador
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Politician	16-Mar-1927	26-Mar-2003	US Senator from New York, 1977-2001
Sandra Day O'Connor	Judge	26-Mar-1930		US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Barbara Tuchman	Historian	30-Jan-1912	6-Feb-1989	A Distant Mirror
James Van Allen	Astronomer	7-Sep-1914	9-Aug-2006	Discovered the Van Allen Belt
Paul Volcker	Economist	5-Sep-1927		Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87
Elie Wiesel	Activist	30-Sep-1928		Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist
Chuck Yeager	Aviator	13-Feb-1923		Test pilot, first to break speed of sound

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