HONOR

Awarded annually by the Cosmos Club to individuals "whose endeavors have clearly distinguished them as leaders in their spheres of activity. The awardees are presented with medals commemorating their selection, and they deliver lectures at the Cosmos Club in their respective categories. The lectures are open to non-members, and a plaque is placed in the Cosmos Clubhouse memorializing each award recipient."

Official Website:
http://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/mcgovern.htm

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Saul Bellow	Novelist	10-Jun-1915	5-Apr-2005	The Adventures of Augie March
Clark Clifford	Government	25-Dec-1906	10-Oct-1998	US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908	11-Jul-2008	Father of cardiovascular surgery
E. L. Doctorow	Author	6-Jan-1931		The Book of Daniel
Carlos Fuentes	Novelist	11-Nov-1928	15-May-2012	La muerte de Artemio Cruz
Stephen Jay Gould	Biologist	10-Sep-1941	20-May-2002	Evolutionary scientist
James Ivory	Film/TV Producer	7-Jun-1928		The Remains of the Day
Derek Jacobi	Actor	22-Oct-1938		Claudius on I, Claudius
Galway Kinnell	Poet	1-Feb-1927		Selected Poems
Maya Lin	Artist	5-Oct-1959		Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Norman Mailer	Author	31-Jan-1923	10-Nov-2007	Armies of the Night
David McCullough	Historian	7-Jul-1933		The American Experience
Ismail Merchant	Film/TV Producer	25-Dec-1936	25-May-2005	Co-Founder, Merchant Ivory Productions
Joyce Carol Oates	Author	16-Jun-1938		Author of over 40 novels
Irving Stone	Novelist	14-Jul-1903	26-Aug-1989	Historical biographical novelist
Edward O. Wilson	Biologist	10-Jun-1929		Father of Sociobiology

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