Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26
Rockefeller Awards
For Federal Service
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Eight persons in the Washing
ton area were named today
among II men and women Sc
lected for Rockefeller Public
Service Awards for outstanding
public service in Federal Gov
eminent career jobs.
They are the first to be chosen
for 6 to IL months work at any
college or university of their
choice. or in some comparable
educational activity.
They will be financed by
awards ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000. The total Of $134,000
is administered by Princeton
University. under a grant from
John D. Rockefeller III.
The initial awards of a pro-
gram announced a year ago were
based on recommendations of a
selection committee headed by
DR.. Karl T. Compton, chairman
Of the Massachusetts, Institute
Of Technology Corp.
Field of $50.
DR.. Harold w. Dodds, preSi-
dent of Princeton University, in
announcing the awards, noted
that $50 had applied or been
nominated for them. He said
they were made to employees
whose performance has been
distinguished by intellectual ma
turity, leadership, character and
competence and who have shown
a sincere interest in public Serv-
Ice as a career and a particular
promise to future usefulness to
the Government"
In announcing the program,
Mr.. Rockefeller said it is imper-
ative to encourage specifically
qualified persons to enter Federal
service and to stimulate interest
Of those already engaged.
Selection Committee.
In addition to DR.. Compton,
those on the selection commit
tee are Elliot v Bell, chairman
of the Executive Committee of
the McGraw Hill Publishing Co.:
Lair Bell. chairman of the Board
of Trustees, University of Chi
cago; DR.. Ralph j. Bunche of the
United Nations; Philip l.. Ora
ham, president and publisher of
the Washington Post; Dean Ed
ward S. Mason of the Harvard
Graduate School Of Public Ad-
ministration.
Also Dean w. I. Meyers of the
New York State College of Agri-
culture at Cornell University;
Dean Thomas Parran of the
Graduate School of Public
Health at the University of Pitts
burgh; Anna Lord Strauss, for
mer president of the League of
Women Voters; Prof. Leonard D.
White of the Department of Po-
litical Science. University of Chi
cago, and Charles E. Wilson, for
mer president of General Elec-
trio Co.
Named for the awards were:
David Elliott Bell, "a, of 4S03
Butterworth place NV, admin
istrative assistant to the Presi-
dent. AS a White House assistant
for last five years, he has pre-
pared speeches, messages to Con-
gresS on new legislation, worked
on new bills and participated in
staff work on policy matters.
He proposes to spend a year
at Harvard University studying
Governments place in labor
management problems, with en-
phasis on the subject of Govern
ment seizure in dealing with
labor disputes.
Howard E. Durham, At, of
Redwood City, Calf, regional
director of the Federal Media
ton and Cancellation Service.
Mr.. Durham will study at the
University Of Pennsylvania, then
travel in Sweden. Great Britain
and Denmark to study foreign
mediation procedures so as to
introduce new techniques to the
service.
WilmOth Duane Evans, A, of
Ill North George Mason drive,
Arlington, chief of the Division
of Inter Industry Economics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics. In
the Government 20 years, he has
specialized in statistical studies
related to the economy. His
present work deals largely with
industrial mobilization.
Mr.. Evans plans to study
fundamental economic ideas and
principles for one year at Cam
bridge University, England.
DIR. Guido E. Hilbert, So, of
1925 Mckinley street, Bethesda,
Md, chief of the Bureau of
Agricultural and Industrial
Chemistry, Agricultural Research
Administration, the Agriculture
Department.
DR.. Hilbert entered the agri-
culture service in 1880 and be-
came prominent in connection
with research programs dealing
with the use of agricultural prod
ucts in industry. He helped or
ganize four regional research