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Finest Hour 100, Autumn 1998

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PATRONS

Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma,
KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCVO, DSO (1975-1979)
The Lady Soames, DBE (1986-)

HONORARY MEMBERS

1. The Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill (1968-1979)*
2. Randolph S. Churchill, MBE (1968)*
3. Winston S. Churchill (1968-)
4. Jerome Husak (1968-1975)
5. Archbold van Beuren (1968-1975)*
6. The Marquess of Bath (1970-1990)*
7. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, PC (1971-1979)*
8. The Hon. Caspar W. Weinberger, GBE (1981-)
9. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Stockton, OM (1982-1986)*
10. Governor The Hon. W. Averell Harriman (1982-1986)*
11. Sir Martin Gilbert, CBE (1982-)
12. The Duke of Marlborough, JP, DL (1982-)
13. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Soames, GCMG, GCVO (1982-1987)*
14. The Lady Soames, DBE (1982-)
15. Dalton Newfield (1982)*
16. Sir John Colville, CB, CVO (1982-1987)*
17. Anthony Montague Browne, CBE, DFC (1982-)
18. Oscar Nemon (1982)*
19. Sir John Martin, KCMG, CB, CVO (1986-1991)*
20. Grace Hamblin, OBE (1986-)
21. Mary Coyne Jackman (1986-1997)*
22. Yousuf Karsh (1986-)
23. Robert Hardy, CBE (1987-)
24. James C. Humes (1987-)
25. Ambassador Pamela C. Harriman (1989-1997)*
26. Wendy Russell Reves (1989-)
27. The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Thatcher, OM, FRS (1991-)
28. Colin L. Powell, KCB (1992-)
29. Ambassador Paul H. Robinson, Jr. (1992-)
30. William Manchester (1995-)

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Notes: (4) Mr. Husak was the founder of the American Topical Association, under whose auspices WSCSU operated through 1975. (5) Mr. van Beuren was President of the English-Speaking Union of the United States. (9) Lord Stockton was the former Harold Macmillan. (21) Mrs. Jackman and her late husband funded numerous Churchill statues in Canada. Honorary memberships (2), (15) and (18) were presented posthumously. *Deceased.

THE BLENHEIM AWARD

Presented by The Churchill Center, and before it The International Churchill Societies, as a special recognition of those who have notably contributed to the memory of Sir Winston, the understanding of his life and times, or for notable contributions to the Churchill Center and Societies. The Award consists of a special plaque. The first recipients were The Lady Soames and Sir John Colville (1983); Richard M. Langworth (1984); The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger, Sir Martin and Lady Gilbert, Anthony Montague Browne and Winston S. Churchill (1985); William Manchester (1986); Robert Hardy (1987); Lee Remick (1991); and Merry Alberigi (1993). Two Blenheim Awards were presented in 1995: to John G. Plumpton for his work as Senior Editor of Finest Hour and Barbara F. Langworth for her three conference chairmanships and other contributions. In 1996 three Blenheim Awards were presented: to H. Ashley Redburn, for his many contributions as Finest Hour senior editor; to Grace Hamblin for her services to the Churchills since 1932 and her work as first Administrator of Chartwell; and to The Duke of Marlborough for his life’s work of preserving Churchill’s birthplace, Blenheim Palace. The latest Blenheim Award was presented in 1997 to George A. Lewis upon his retirement as Treasurer of ICS United States, where he had served since 1982.

THE EMERY REVES AWARD

Presented periodically in recognition of excellence in writing or speaking about Churchill’s life and times and/or applying his precepts and values to contemporary issues among the English-Speaking Peoples. It is named for Emery Reves, Churchill’s literary collaborator, and sponsored by Mrs. Wendy Reves in his memory. The Award is a Nemon bust of Churchill with a suitably inscribed plinth. Recipients in chronological order have been The Hon. James Courter for Defending the West (1987); Alistair Cooke for his BBC “Letter From America” (1988); Maurice Ashley for his work on Marlborough and his book Churchill As Historian (1989); William Manchester for The Last Lion (1995); and Jonathan Aitken, MP for Nixon (1996).

THE FARROW AWARD

Established by Mr. Fred Farrow, President of Century Instruments Inc. in Livonia, Michigan, recognizes excellence in the field of Churchill Studies. It consists of a $1000 honorarium and a suitably engraved plaque. The first Farrow Award was presented in 1995 to Professor James W. Muller of the Political Science Dept., University of Alaska Anchorage, for his distinguished research and writing on Churchill’s literary career and organizing Churchill Center symposia Washington, and his chairing of the ICS Academic Advisory panel in North America. The second Farrow Award was presented in 1996 to Sir Martin Gilbert, CBE, for his work on the Official Biography of Sir Winston Churchill and his many other contributions to Churchill Studies. The Third Farrow Award was presented in 1997 to Dr. Paul Addison, University of Edinburgh, for his outstanding study of Churchill’s domestic political career, Churchill on the Home Front.