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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/prize.html (2564 words)

	Florence Nightingale: Letter to the Workmen of Newcastle-on-Tyne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Edward Bok’s next quest was to be even more disappointing; he was never even to reach the presence of the person he sought.
		Bok was desirous of securing her own story of her experiences, but on every hand he found an unwillingness even to take him to her house.
		Bok wrote her a letter asking for an appointment, which was never answered.
	users.rcn.com /borneo/nightingale/workmenletter.htm (652 words)

	Bok Peace Prize
		Bok was interested in current events and international relations, and wanted to use his money in the service of peace.
		Bok agreed, and the three set to work evaluating submissions and selecting other members for the "Jury of Award." Eventually this group of prominent citizens decided on a simple plan by an academic named Charles Levermore who called for membership in the World Court and cooperation with the League of Nations.
		Because of the large amount of money associated with the prize, the amount of attention it had gotten in the press, and the shockingly internationalist tone of the winning submission, many members of Congress were suspicious that the outcome had been fixed to influence public opinion.
	www.nps.gov /elro/glossary/bok-peace-prize.htm (312 words)

	The Bok Prize
		The prize is named to commemorate the energetic work of Bart Jan Bok in promoting the undergraduate and graduate study of astronomy in this country, during his term as Director of the Mount Stromlo Observatory.
		The prize is awarded annually, and is usually presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
		The decision of the assessment panel for the Bok Prize in Astronomy is final (including any decision that no entry is of sufficient merit for the Prize to be awarded in a particular year).
	asa.astronomy.org.au /bok.html (471 words)

	Edward W. Bok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward William Bok, American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born on October 9, 1863, in Den Helder, Netherlands.
		From 1884 until 1887, Bok was the editor of The Brooklyn Magazine, and in 1886, he founded The Bok Syndicate Press.
		His autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok, won the Gold Medal of the Academy of Political and Social Science and the Pulitzer Prize for best autobiography.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Bok (221 words)

	Historic Bok Sanctuary - History - Edward Bok
		Edward William Bok (1863-1930), American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born in Den Helder, Netherlands, on October 9, 1863.
		Bok was a champion of social causes, a pioneer in the field of public sex education, prenatal education and childcare, and an environmental activist in public health and the saving of Niagara Falls.
		Edward William Bok died in Lake Wales within sight of the Tower on January 9, 1930, and is now buried at the base of the tower.
	www.boksanctuary.org /history/edward.html (525 words)

	Harvard Gazette: Harvard Extension School awards its 2004 student prizes and faculty awards
		Lucia Dentice-Clark, second-place co-recipient of the Bok Prize, is an A.L.M. graduate in archaeology and anthropology.
		The Reginald H. Phelps Prize Fund was established by Edgar Grossman, A.B. in Extension Studies '66, founder and first president of the Harvard Extension Alumni Association and the first Extension representative to the Associated Harvard Alumni, for prizes to outstanding baccalaureate degree recipients in honor of a former director of the Extension School.
		The prize is awarded annually on the basis of "academic achievement and character" to outstanding A.L.M. degree recipients.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/06.10/36-extension.html (3659 words)

	Prize Winners 2002-2003.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Prizes of $2,000 each, for the best creative writing or poetry, preferably in the juvenile field, by undergraduates in the English department.
		- to Anthony Cheung ’04, a prize of $5,000
		- to Elias Sacks ’03, a prize of $2,500, for his Senior Thesis entitled, “The Jew of Berlin and the Philosopher of Königsberg: Mendelssohn, Kant and the Limits of the German Enlightenment” – Dr.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~secfas/PrizeWinners2002-2003.html (4989 words)

	The Bruce Medalists: Bart Bok
		Bart Bok was born in the Netherlands and educated at the Universities of Leiden and Groningen, earning his doctorate at the latter under P.J. van Rhijn.
		Working closely with his wife, Priscilla Fairfield Bok, he studied the structure and evolution of star clusters and the Galaxy, mapping the spiral arms of the Milky Way, especially the Carina region, and the Magellanic Clouds.
		The Astronomical Society of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science, The Bok Prize
	www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /brucemedalists/bok (396 words)

	Alumni Bulletin: Student Prizes
		The prizes are awarded annually on the basis of "academic achievement and character" to outstanding Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) recipients in honor of Dr. Reginald H. Phelps, AB '30, AM '33, PhD '47, and Director of University Extension at Harvard from 1949 to 1975.
		These prizes are awarded annually on the basis of "academic achievement and character" to two outstanding ALM degree recipients.
		In course evaluation comments as well as on prize nominations, her students repeatedly mentioned her patience, her skill in presenting difficult material with uncommon clarity, and her willingness to devote extra time to help students succeed.
	www.dce.harvard.edu /pubs/alum/1998/07.html (2311 words)

	Edward Bok
		Edward Bok was born in Den Helder, Holland, on 9th October, 1863.
		After attending school in Brooklyn, New York City, Bok found work as an office boy at the Western Union Telegraph Company.
		Bok used the magazine to campaign for women's suffrage, pacifism, conservation of the environment and improved local government.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAbokE.htm (212 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Society & Community. Philosopher Sissela Bok \| PBS
		Sissela Bok was born in Sweden and educated in Switzerland and France before coming to the United States.
		Formerly a Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, Bok is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
		A former member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Bok is on the editorial boards of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Criminal Justice Ethics, and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
	www.pbs.org /now/society/bok.html (388 words)

	CfA Weekly Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dr. Greenhill and Dr. James Herrnstein of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are corecipients of the Bok Prize for 1999.
		Dr. Lincoln Greenhill and Dr. Herrnstein are corecipients of the Bok Prize for 1999.
		This colloquium is the second of two Bok Prize Lectures.
	cfa-www.harvard.edu /cfa/calendar/050399.htm (3976 words)

	Honors and Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Established in honor of the late Professor Vasil A. Popov of Bulgaria, the prize is awarded every three years to an outstanding young approximation theorist with at most six years of professional experience.
		This year’s prize will be awarded in May at the Eleventh International Conference in Approximation Theory, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
		Named in honor of the former president of Merck Research Laboratories, the award was created in 2003 to recognize an outstanding discovery or significant advance in the field of neuroscience.
	pr.caltech.edu /periodicals/eands/articles/LXVII1/honors.html (444 words)

	CLA: Science Studies - Willamette University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He has received the Derek Bok Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from Harvard, two Letters of Commendation from the Dean of Students for his teaching at Penn and the Mortar Board Award from the Willamette student body.
		Jackson has published over 25 articles, book chapters and encyclopedia entries on the history of science from the Scientific Revolution to the present.
		He has completed his second work, Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians and Instrument Markers in Nineteenth-Century Germany, which is forthcoming with MIT Press in 2006.
	www.willamette.edu /cla/scistudies/faculty.htm (226 words)

	Alumni Bulletin: Student Prizes
		The Reginald H. Phelps Prize Fund was established by Edgar Grossman, ABE '66, founder and first president of the Harvard Extension Alumni Association (HEAA) and the first Extension representative to the Associated Harvard Alumni.
		The Dean's Prize for the outstanding ALM thesis in the behavioral sciences was awarded to Franz Schneider for his work "Genetics and Schizophrenia." This extensive review of the current state of research on schizophrenia tackles the age-old nature/nurture question, and finds current genetic explanations lacking.
		Awarded from the income from a fund established by the family and friends of the late Judith Wood who, though born with cystic fibrosis, beset with diabetes and blindness, took Extension School courses as long as she was able, and inspired many other students with her courage and fortitude.
	www.dce.harvard.edu /pubs/alum/1999/08.html (2339 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- 1002nd Night -- Feb. 11, 1924 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Bok Peace Prize was awarded in Philadelphia before 3,500 citizens who assembled in the Academy of Music.
		John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Britain, made the presentation of the $50,000 check, with $50,000 more to follow if the referendum now being taken shows "sufficient popular support." Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore of Brooklyn, former President of Adelphi College, was the recipient.
		Bok is playing two parts, that of observant caliph and that of benevolent magician." Dr. Levermore, aged...
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,717640,00.html (145 words)

	University of the Arts: Notable Alumni
		Awarded the President's Prize (a box of colors and instruments, value twenty-five dollars), 1889, for the best set of works executed by student in the regular first year's course.
		Prizes and awards, 1929: Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize for Design, 4th year work, 3rd prize; Emma S. Crozer Prize for Drawing from Life, 4th year work, 1st prize; F. Weber Award, 1st place; Distinguished Rating for Manual Arts.
		Prizes and awards, 1927: 2nd year drawing from cast from the Temple Fund, 2nd prize.
	www.uarts.edu /stuserv/libraries/archives/alumni/notablealumni.html (2919 words)

	Bok Peace Plan
		On July 1, 1923, Bok established a $100,000 fund titled the the American Peace Award.
		On Feb. 4, 1924, however, the Policy Committee of the Bok Peace Award decided on a simple plan by an academic named Charles Levermore (1856-1927).
		Although the U.S. Senate examined the Bok Plan, the committee dropped its investigation after the death of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) and allowed the presentation of the award.
	library.law.columbia.edu /ttp/TTP_Bok.htm (294 words)

	Penguin Group (USA) \| Books \| Browse, Search, and Shop for Award-Winning Books
		Berg's definitive and engaging account of the controversial icon won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
		Awarded by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, is a national prize honoring the best published work of fiction by an American author.
		Administered by the New England division of PEN, is presented for a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction.
	www.penguinputnam.com /static/html/books-awards.html (1354 words)

	Esther Lape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Later in 1921, the three women became close friends, meeting several evenings a week in Greenwich Village as part of the New Women movement, which focused on political power and economic change.
		In 1923, working with ER, Lape administered the competition for the Bok Peace Prize.
		However, in January 1924, the Senate began investigating charges that the Bok Peace Prize was the tool of "foreign governments or foreign institutions." Lape testified before the Senate and identified ER and Narcissa Vanderlip as two of the most influential members of the selection committee.
	www.gwu.edu /~erpapers/abouteleanor/q-and-a/glossary/lape-esther.htm (595 words)

	Eric Chaisson Biographical Sketch
		During his tenure as associate professor at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Chaisson's research concentrated largely on the radio astronomical study of interstellar gas clouds.
		This work won him fellowships from the National Academy of Sciences and the Sloan Foundation, as well as Harvard's Bok Prize for original contributions to astrophysics and Harvard's Smith-Weld Prize for literary merit.
		He has also held research and teaching positions at MIT and Wellesley College and, before joining Tufts, was a scientist on the senior staff and director of educational programs at the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
	www.tufts.edu /as/wright_center/eric/ericbio.html (472 words)

	ASP Annual Awards
		The 2004 Pricilla and Bart Bok awards were presented to Eric M. Sauder and Julie Ann Krugler at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
		Eric, age 16, is a Junior at Hempfield High School in Landisville, Pennsylvania and his teacher is Amy J. Thompson.
		Julie plans to attend Michigan State University in the fall.
	www.astrosociety.org /membership/awards/bok.html (221 words)

	Hillsdale College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She is co-host of the Web site www.TechCentralStation.com, a senior scientist and chair of the Science Advisory Board at the George C. Marshall Institute, and past contributing editor to World Climate Report.
		Her awards include the Newton-Lacy-Pierce Prize of the American Astronomical Society, the Petr Beckmann Awards for Scientific Freedom, and the Bok Prize from Harvard University.
		The author of over 200 scientific articles, Dr. Baliunas served as technical consultant for a science-fiction television series, Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict.
	www.hillsdale.edu /imprimis/2002/march (2905 words)

	The Marshall Institute - Sallie Baliunas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sallie Baliunas is an astrophysicist formerly affiliated with the Mount Wilson Institute.
		Her awards include the Newton Lacey Pierce Prize by the American Astronomical Society, the Petr Beckman Award for Scientific Freedom and the Bok Prize from Harvard University.
		In 1991 Discover magazine profiled her as one of America's outstanding women scientists.
	www.marshall.org /experts.php?id=38 (244 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- The Bok Peace -- Aug. 27, 1923
		TIME Magazine Archive Article -- The Bok Peace -- Aug. 27, 1923
		President Lowell, of Harvard, expects the Bok peace prize to evoke new ideas for the administration of international affairs.
		President Pritchett, of the Carnegie Foundation, feels it unlikely that the award will produce any feasible recommendation other than a recommendation for some sort of " international association for common education." President Faunce, of Brown, thinks the studying done for the award will widen the American horizon, as does Chancellor Emeritus Jordan, of Leland Stanford.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,716503,00.html (337 words)

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		George W. Goethals Teaching Prize, Harvard University, 1995, 1996, 1997
		In the 1996-1997 year, I was awarded the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize which is given each year to a single graduate student teaching at Harvard College.
		The student governing body, the University Council, solicits nominations from undergraduates for "the most outstanding graduate student teacher".
	www.bol.ucla.edu /~lieber/vita.html (1523 words)

	Department of Astronomy - Astronomy News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Check out the full story on Professor Gammie's award.
		Joe Mohr, also a professor of astronomy and of physics, was recently awarded the Bok Prize by his PhD alma mater, Harvard University, for outstanding contributions to astrophysics.
		Paul Ricker, who joined the University of Illinois this fall as a professor of astronomy and a research scientist at NCSA, has also received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /features/0208awards.shtml (203 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		- Friday, January 11, 1924 I ~ ~ ~ l BOK PRIZE PLAN (Continued from Page 2) T HE T EC H Page Four
		Notices and Announcements All notices for this column should be in by the morning of the day pre s :
		OLD SOUTH PRIZE The prize contest of the Old Soutb ARssociation for essav s on historical sub :jects will close onl J aluary 15.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_043/TECH_V043_S0319_P004.txt (2583 words)

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