Fraternity-Testvériség, 1965 (43. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1965-04-01 / 4. szám

FRATERNITY

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GENERAL ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON HONORED BY HUNGARIAN STUDIES FOUNDATION

General Robert Wood Johnson, of Johnson and Johnson, surgical dressings manufacturers, was among those who received a 1965 George Washington Award from the American Hungarian Studies Foundation. Presentations were made at the Foundation’s fifth annual awards dinner in the Starlight Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on Wednesday, April 28

Those honored with General Johnson were Gilbert Miller, a leading New York and London theater producer, and Dr. Frederick Reiss, chief of Dermatology Service at Montefiore Hospital in New York.

The George Washington Award, given annually since 1961 by the American Hungarian Studies Foundation, was inspired in name and symbolism by the statue of Washington erected in Budapest in 1906 by Hungarian immigrants living in America as an expression of gratitude to their adopted country. The award is presented to those who have stimulated interest in Hungarian culture, to those who have rendered particular aid to persons of Hungarian extraction, and to persons of Hungarian background who have made outstanding progress in the advancement of human knowledge and the welfare of mankind.

The Foundation has chosen to honor General Johnson for his significant role in the lives of Hungarian people in the greater New Brunswick, N. J., area, the home of Johnson and Johnson since the company was founded in 1887. The award also recognizes General Johnson’s vision and leadership in the American business community over the past four decades. General Johnson was chairman of the board of Johnson and Johnson for 25 years and continues his active participation in the affairs of the company as a director and chairman of the Finance Committee. Tribute was paid to him at the awards dinner by New Jersey State Senator John A. Lynch of New Brunswick.

Gilbert Miller was honored for his pioneer efforts in bringing Hungarian culture to the attention of the English-speaking peoples of the world through his numerous and memorable productions of Hungarian drama in the legitimate theater and through his introduction of

General Robert W. Johnson