Commencement Speakers
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Ambassador Norma L. Eisen
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2012
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Jonathan Archer Brown
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2011
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Steven B Sample
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2010
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Warren Bennis
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2009
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Dr. Jack Miles
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2008
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Leonard Kleinrock
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2007
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Dr. Robert Alter
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2006
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Reverend Cecil Murray
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2005
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Dr. Bernard Lewis
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2004
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Gordon Davidson
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2003
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Cong. Henry Waxman
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2002
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Cong. Howard Berman
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2001
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Connie Bruck
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2000
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James Watson
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1999
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Bill Richardson
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1998
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Richard Riordan
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1997
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Prof. Alice Shalvi
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1996
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Harry Heinz Schwartz
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1995
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Dr. Sergio DellaPergola
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1994
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Gail Dorph
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1993
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Dr. Uri Herscher
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1991
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Prof. Moshe Lazar
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1990
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Dr. Joel Rembaum
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1985
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Dr. Herman Feilfel
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1984
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Dr. Gerson D. Cohen
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1982
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Reverend Donald P. Merrifield, S.J.
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1981
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Dr. Alfred Wolf
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1980
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Dr. Jacob Pressman
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1975
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Dr. Samuel Dinin
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1974
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Wilson C. Riles
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1972
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Georgiana Hardy
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1968
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Honoris Causa
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Ambassador Norman L. Eisen
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2012
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Earl Greinetz
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2012
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Virginia Maas
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2012
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Jonathan Archer Brown
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2011
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Rabbi Elliot Dorff
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2011
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Annette Shapiro
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2011
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Dena Schechter
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2010
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Richard Gunther
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2010
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Steven B Sample
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2010
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Lois Rothblum
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2009
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Peachy & Mark Levy
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2009
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Rabbi Joel Rembaum
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2009
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Warren Bennis
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2009
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Dr. Jack Miles
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2008
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Guilford Glazer
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2008
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Judge Joseph Wapner
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2008
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Dr. Bruce Powell
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2007
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Ernie Auerbach
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2007
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Dr. Leonard Kleinrock
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2007
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Metuka Benjamin
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2007
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Dr. Robert Alter
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2006
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Leonard Shapiro
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2006
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Richard Ziman
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2006
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Dr. Steven Spiegel
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2005
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Marilyn Ziering
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2005
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Reverend Cecil P. Murray
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2005
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Dr. Bernard Lewis
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2004
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Irma Colen
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2004
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Louis Colen
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2004
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David Dortort
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2003
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Gordon Davidson
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2003
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Cong. Henry Waxman
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2002
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Francis S. Maas
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2002
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Henry A. Waxman
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2002
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Bruce F. Whizin
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2001
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Cong. Howard Berman
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2001
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Dr. Ruth Gruber
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2001
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Howard L. Berman
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2001
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Charles R. Kleeman, M.D.
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2000
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Connie Bruck
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2000
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Dr. Charles Kleeman
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2000
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Simha Lainer
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2000
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Carmen H. Warschaw
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1999
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Harold S. Kushner
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1999
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Dr. James Watson
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1999
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Rabbi Harold Kushner
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1999
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Alexandra Levine, M.D.
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1998
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Ambassador Bill Richardson
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1998
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Bill Richardson
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1998
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Harvey L. Silbert
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1998
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Laurence Roger Simon
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1997
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Richard Riordan
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1997
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Alice Shalvi, Ph.D.
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1996
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Anthony Beilenson
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1996
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Prof. Alice Shalvi
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1996
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Harry Heinz Schwarz
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1995
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Isaiah Zeldin
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1995
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Rabbi Ben Zion Bergman
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1995
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Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin
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1995
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Edmund D. Edelman
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1994
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Elieser Slomovic
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1994
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Mary E. Moore
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1993
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Max Zimmer
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1993
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Uri Herscher
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1993
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Milton G. Gordon
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1992
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Ruth Hirschman
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1992
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Allen Ziegler
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1991
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Dr. Samson Levey
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1991
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Dr. Seymour Martin Lipset
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1991
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Jack Gindi
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1991
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Prof. Moshe Lazar
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1990
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Prof.Abraham S. Becker
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1990
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Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
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1990
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Jacob Milgrom
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1989
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W. Ann Reynolds
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1989
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Emil Jacoby
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1988
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Norman H. Lee, C.B.E.
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1988
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Arnold J. Band
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1987
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Leonard Baskin
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1987
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Rabbi Alfred Wolf, Ph.D.
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1987
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Aaron M. Wise
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1986
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Joseph Schwab
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1986
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Lee S. Shulman
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1986
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Philip Levine
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1986
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Mstislav Rostropovich
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1985
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Rabbi Jacob Pressman
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1985
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Dr. Herman Feifel
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1984
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Rabbi Hershel Brooks
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1984
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Rabbi Joseph Hurwitz
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1984
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Rabbi Morris Rubinstein
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1984
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Rabbi Seymour Shalom Stern
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1984
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Rabbi Shimon Paskow
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1984
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Reverend Donald P. Merrifield
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1984
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Albert A. Spiegel
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1983
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Harold M. Williams
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1982
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Marvin Goldberger
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1982
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Rabbi Jack Schechter
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1982
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Rabbi Mervin Tomsky
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1982
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Rabbi Solomon Rothstein
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1982
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Rabbi Wilfred Solomon
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1982
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Jack M. Ostrow
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1981
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Rabbi Jack Riemer
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1981
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Rabbi David Weiss
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1980
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Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin
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1980
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Rabbi Harry Silverstein
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1980
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Isadore Familian
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1979
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Leslie Koltai
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1978
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David S. Saxon
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1977
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Dr. Claude Welch
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1976
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Rabbi Henry Kraus
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1976
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Louis Shub
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1975
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Rabbi Ben Zion Bergman
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1975
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Rabbi Joshua Stampfer
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1975
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Rabbi Julian White
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1975
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Rabbi Martin Douglas
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1975
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Rabbi Marvin Bornstein
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1975
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Rabbi Melvin Goldstine
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1975
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Rabbi Paul Dubin
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1975
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Rabbi Pincus Lion Goodblatt
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1975
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Irwin I. Soref
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1974
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Rabbi Hillel Silverman
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1974
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Charles Johnston Hitch
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1973
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Stephen S. Kayser
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1973
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Dr. Shlomo Bardin
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1972
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Rabbi Mauice Lazowick
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1972
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Sol M. Linowitz
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1972
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Wilson C. Riles
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1972
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Abraham Golomb
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1971
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Alfred Gottschalk
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1971
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Dr. Moshe Perlman
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1970
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Dr. Victor Goodhill
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1970
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Moshe Perlmann
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1970
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Rabbi Jacob Pressman
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1970
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Victor Goodhill
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1970
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Abraham P. Nasatir
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1969
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Charles E. Young
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1969
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Georgiana Hardy
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1968
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Rabbi David Cohen
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1968
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Alfred A. Sendrey
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1967
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Stanley Mosk
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1967
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Abraham Bernstein
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1966
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Ralph Winfred Tyler
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1966
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Edmund Gerald Brown
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1965
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Thomas H. Kuchel
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1965
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Louis Kraft
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1964
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Morris Leibman
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1963
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Samuel A. Fryer
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1963
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Abraham Kaplan
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1962
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Arthur G. Coons
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1962
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Benjamin Zemach
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1962
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Franklin D. Murphy
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1961
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Wolf Leslau
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1961
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Justin G. Turner
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1960
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Solomon Mizrahi
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1960
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Dorothy Buffum Chandler
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1959
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Joseph Kaplan
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1959
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Lee A. DuBridge
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1958
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Paul G. Hoffman
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1955
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Darius Milhaud
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1954
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Ernest Bloch
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1954
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Samuel Dinin
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1953
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Wendell M. Stanley
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1953
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Earl Warren
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1951
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Mickey Wiess Outstanding Alumni Award
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Ruben Arquilevich
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2012
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Brian David Goldberg
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2011
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Rabbi Philip Graubart
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2010
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Lois Rothblum, MA.Ed
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2009
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Marta Escanuelas, MBA
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2008
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Rabbi Stewart Vogel
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2007
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Ernie Goldberger
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2007
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Gladys Sturman
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2006
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Rabbi Stewart Vogel
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2005
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Rabbi Eli Spitz
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2004
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Stan Beiner, M.A.Ed.
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2003
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Rabbi Edward Feinstein
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2002
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Bonnie Slavitt Moore, MA.Ed
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2001
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Carol Koransky, MBA
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2000
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Glenn Easton, MBA
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1999
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Phil Liff-Grieff, MA.Ed
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1998
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Mordecai M. Kaplan Medal
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Wendy Jo Sperber
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2004
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Louis Shub
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2002
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Barbi Weinberg
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1995
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Bertha Aronson
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1994
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Edward Kamenir
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1993
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Benjamin Dwoskin
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1991
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Betty Wagner Kramer
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1989
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Sid B. Levine
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1989
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Louis Shub
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1988
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Gerald B. Bubis
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1988
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Ted Kanner
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1986
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Nathan N. Volk
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1985
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Arthur Hoffnung
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1985
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Cyrus Leventhal
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1982
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Rabbi David Aronson
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1981
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Henry Fisher
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1979
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Samuel L. Dinin
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1977
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Julius Fligelman
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1977
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Simon Greenberg
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1977
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Max Zimmer
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1977
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Abraham Joshua Heschel Award
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Janet and Jake Farber
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1996
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Irma and Louis Colen
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1995
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Rabbi Joshua Stampfer
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1993
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Max Vorspan, Ph.D.
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1992
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Rosetta and David J. Cohen
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1990
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Simon Greenberg Award
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Jack M. Ostrow
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1994
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Exemplary Service Award
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Henriette Klein
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1990
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Citation
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Cantor Samuel Kelemer
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1982
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Irma Lee Ettinger
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1982
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Bella Hess
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1980
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Cantor Allan Michelson
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1980
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Rabbi Wilfred Solomon
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1980
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Cantor Nathan Katzman
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1976
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Julius Bisno
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1976
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Hazzan Carl Urstein
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1972
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Mrs. Anna Gourrich
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1968
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Mr. & Mrs. William Fingerhut
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1968
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Mr. & Mrs. L.K. Shapiro
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1968
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Joseph Roos, Esquire
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1968
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Distinguished Service Medal
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Jack M. Ostrow
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1996
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Benjamin H. Swig
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1975
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Earl Warren
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1973
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Distinguished Service Scroll
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Rabbi Morris Schussheim
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1970
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Society of Fellows of American Jewish University
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Louis L. Colen
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Isadore Familian
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Freda Fingerhut
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Julius Fligelman
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Rachel Gindi
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Norman and Sadie Lee
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Herman Platt
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Sonia Rochlin
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Samuel B. Schurgin
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Benjamin H. Swig
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Shirley and Arthur Whizin
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Allen Ziegler
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Earl Warren Medal of Ethics
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Eugene Rostow
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Shirley M. Hufstedler
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Samuel Dash
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Benjamin H. Swig
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Wayne Morse
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
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Eternal Light Award
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Rubin M. Lazar
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Ernest Auerbach
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Jona Goldrich
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Julian Weinstock
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Abraham Bolsky
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Milton Whitebook
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David Wilstein
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Louis and Judith Miller
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Dr. Leo and Marjorie Kaplan
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William and Vi Friedland
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Leonard and Annette Shapiro
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Milton G. Gordon
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Frank and Hilda Horny
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Howard Friedman
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Harold Easton
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William Bruck
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Herman Platt
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Julius Fligelman
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Alexander L. Berg
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Nathan S. Krems
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Jack E. Gindi
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Allan Lazaroff
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Benjamin Seewack
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William Fingerhut
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Arthur N. Whizin
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Isadore Levine
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Sid B. Levine
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Justin Turner
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Maurice Turner
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Max Zimmer
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Dr. Victor Goodhill
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Allen Ziegler
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Eternal Light Award West Coast
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Rabbi Alan Lew, San Francisco
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Rabbi Sheldon Lewis, Palo Alto
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Herb and Irene Abrams, Los Altos
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Herman and Agnes Pencovic, Moraga
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Kurt Gronowski, San Francisco
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Norman and Marcia Lee Berkman
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Sid Shaffer, San Francisco
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Rabbi Ted Alexander
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Steve Platt, Palm Springs
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Bernard Reiner, San Francisco
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Arthur Zimmerman
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Herman and Mollie Hertz
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Irving A. Goodman, San Diego
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Martin Bergman, Redwood City
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Leonard Zanville, San Diego
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Arthur Zimmerman
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Charles Silverman, San Diego
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Dr. Abraham Bernstein
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Dr. Juda H. Quastel
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University Women- Burning Bush Award
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Marion Goldenfeld
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2011
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Gina Nahai
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2010
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Ed Asner
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2009
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Larry King
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2008
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Jonathan Kirsch
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2007
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Maggie Anton
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2006
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Carol Channing
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2005
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Larry Gelbart
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2004
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Elmer Bernstein
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2002
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Faye & Jonathan Kellerman
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2001
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Karl Malden
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2000
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Hal Linden
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1999
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Robert Wise
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1998
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Monty Hall
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1997
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Hal Kanter
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1996
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Arthur Hiller
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1995
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Ernest Fleischmann
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1994
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Fay Kanin
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1993
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Mehli Mehta
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1992
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Bella Lewitsky
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1991
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David Hockney
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1990
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Frank Gehry
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1989
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Gordon Davidson
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1988
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Ray Bradbury
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1987
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Steve Allen
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1986
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Alan and Marilyn Bergman
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1985
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Norman Lear
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1984
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Helen Hayes
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1983
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Jacobo Timerman
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1982
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Bruno Bettelheim
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1981
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Henri Temianka
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1980
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Norman Cousins
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1979
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Agnes De Mille
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1978
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Irving Stone
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1977
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Stanley Kramer
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1976
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Neil Simon
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1975
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Robert Nathan
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1974
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Marie Syrkin
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1973
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Norman Corwin
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1972
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Reuven Rubin
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1971
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Gregor Piatigorsky
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1970
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Ida Kaminska
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1969
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Will and Ariel Durant
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1968
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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1967
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University Women - Women of Achievement Award
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Gloria Lushing
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2010
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Sue Meltzer
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2009
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Harriet Hochman
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2008
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Terri Smooke
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2007
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Dr. Beryl A. Geber
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2006
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Elaine Berke
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2005
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Terry Bell
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2004
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