Ralph Becker Receives Smithson Award
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Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
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Date: 1975
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: December 1975
Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1964-1984) presents Washington, D.C. attorney Ralph E. Becker with the James Smithson Medal in recognition of Mr. Becker's donation of more than 30,000 items of political memorabilia to the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in the "Torch," December 1975. The Smithson Medal was cast in 1965 for the bicentennial of James Smithson's birth. The medal was designed by Paul Vincze of London and was struck by the Medallic Company. The Smithson Medal is gold and the highest honor given by the Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: December 1975
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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