• The Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service (or Common Wealth Awards) were created under the will of the late Ralph Hayes, an influential American...
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    Amy Tan (category American novelists of Chinese descent)
    Humanities Medal, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service. Tan has written several other novels, including The...
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    Receive 39th Annual Common Wealth Awards". "The 2018 Common Wealth Awards". "Biden, Corker honored with Freedom House human rights awards". The Hill. 24 May...
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    Title of the Year – since 1978 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service – since 1979 America Award – since 1994 Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award –...
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    Ann Curry (category News & Documentary Emmy Award winners)
    Leadership Hall of Achievement induction, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, 2002 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, presented...
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  • John A. Clausen (category Members of the National Academy of Medicine)
    Clausen was given the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service for sociology in 1986. He was also elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1977 and...
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  • Clair McCollough (category Millersville University of Pennsylvania alumni)
    McCollough received a Distinguished Service Award from the NAB in 1959 and the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service in 1980. McCollough was born in York...
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    Howard S. Becker (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    Horton Cooley Award, awarded by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, in 1980, the Common Wealth Award in 1981, the Cooley/Mead Award in the Section...
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    University awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa to Wales. On April 25, 2015, Wales received the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service along with Jon...
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    "Women of Achievement & Courage" award 1997 Women's International Center "Living Legacy Award" 1998 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service 1998 Ronald...
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  • Charles Tilly (category Academic staff of the University of Toronto)
    Fellowship in 1974 American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1975 [1] The Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service in sociology in 1982[citation needed]...
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    City of Reggio Emilia named Tutu an honorary citizen together with Albertina Sisulu. In 2000, Tutu received the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service...
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    Kristol Award from the American Enterprise Institute  United States 6 April 2008: Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service for services to Government...
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    gay or lesbian writing) 1991: Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service 1991: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992: Lenore Marshall...
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    3rd Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities in 1997, and more recently, the 2006 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service in Literature, the...
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    Aleksander Kwaśniewski (category Walsh School of Foreign Service faculty)
    awarded the Jan Karski Award for opposing anti-Semitism. In 2007, he was awarded the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service as a recognition of...
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    received the PNC Bank Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service for his "outstanding achievements" in science. At the end of 2008, Hansen was named...
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  • of sociology awards is an index to articles about of notable awards given to persons, groups, or institutions for their contributions to the study of...
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  • William Magee (physician) (category George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences alumni)
    Servants of Peace Award - 1997 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement - 1999 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service - 2001 Antonio...
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    This list of general science and technology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for general contributions to science and technology. These...
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  • Leon Sullivan (category Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients)
    Jefferson Awards, 1975. William L. Dawson Award (Phoenix Award), 1977 28th Laurel Wreath Awardee, 1979 The Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, 1986...
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    LeVar Burton (category Daytime Emmy Award winners)
    commitment to public service, Burton was awarded the Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service. LeVar Burton married Stephanie Cozart, a professional...
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  • Wright Morris (category National Book Award winners)
    him for the Common Wealth Award for distinguished service in literature. In 1985, he was one of the inaugural recipients of the Whiting Award. In 1986,...
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    Don DeLillo (category American Book Award winners)
    International Prize 2009 – Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service for achievements in literature 2009 – International Dublin Literary Award longlist for Falling...
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  • Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries...
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    a cumulative award recognizing his work published to date and did not mention A Wave. The Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service recognizes accomplished...
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  • Zelda Fichandler (category United States National Medal of Arts recipients)
    " [8] Her honors and awards include the Common Wealth Award for distinguished service in the dramatic arts (1985); the Helen Hayes Award for directing The...
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    In law, common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals...
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    Gloria Estefan (category Grammy Award winners)
    philanthropic commitment the 44th annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service honored Estefan for her Public Service. Cuts Both Ways (1989) Into the Light...
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  • Nathan Keyfitz (category Academic staff of the University of Toronto)
    Award of the Population Association of America in 1976, and won the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service in 1991. In June 2013, a symposium on...
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