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1946 — John Mott, Peace Activist

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In both World Wars, Mott sought to improve conditions in Prisoner of War camps. General Secretary of the YMCA International…

1947 — American Friends Service Committee

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The award was shared with the Friends Service Council of the United Kingdom. Their motto is “It is better to…

1950 — Ralph Bunche, United Nations diplomat

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For 11 months Bunche worked on an agreement that ended the war between Israel and the Arab nations even though…

1953 — George Marshall, Secretary of State

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Formerly head of the U. S. army during World War II, Marshall proposed and put into practice the Marshall Plan,…

1962 — Linus Pauling, Chemist and Opponent of Nuclear Weapons Testing

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In 1964 Pauling won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and became only the second person to win Nobel Prizes in…

1964 — Martin Luther King, Jr. , Minister and advocate of non- violence

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King was honored for the way he waged his struggle for justice. Instead of violence and war, he used the…

1970 — Norman Borlaug, Plant Biologist

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Working mainly in Mexico, Borlaug was a central figure in the “Green Revolution” that created new strains of maize and…

1973 — Henry Kissinger, U. S. Secretary of State

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Shared the award with Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam. The latter refused the award. After four years of negotiations…

1985 — International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War:

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Started in the United States at the height of the Cold War, by 1985, it included over 150,000 physicians from…

1987 — Eliezer Wiesel, author of works on the Holocaust

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A naturalized citizen born in Romania, Wiesel was a veteran of Hitler’s concentration camps where many members of his family…

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