Billy Ray Cox receives the George Washington medal from Rodney Guthrie, Justice of Wyoming. Cox Wins Award Dr. Billy Ray Cox, vice president of Harding College, won the Freedoms Foundation Principal Award in the Public Address category for his speech, "The Rebirth of aNation - 1976." Dr. Cox was selected by the Foundation's 1975 National Awards Jury for the honor and received an encased George Washington Honor Medal from Foundation. officials. His address was chosen from more than 20,000 nominations. Cox was invited by the Foundation to accept the award at the annual presentation dinner Feb. 21 at Valley Forge, Pa. Second through fourth place honors in the same category went to Helen D. Bentley of Lutherville, Md., and Senators Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, respec– tively. Harding's American Studies Program was also honored in the annual citizenship competition, winning the Honor Certificate Award in the College Campus Programs category. Since 1949, Freedoms Foundation has annually recognized in– dividuals, schools and organizations for constructive words and actions supporting American principles, contributing to good citizenship and offering solutions to contemporary national problems. The recipients were selected by an independent National Awards Jury which convened in December at the Foundation's Valley Forge headquarters. Chaired by the Honorable Rodney M. Gttthrie, Chief Justice of Wyoming, the panel consisted of four other State Supreme Court Justices and 20 leaders of national civic, service club and veteran's organizations. Dr. Cox accepts a Freedom's Foundation Award from General Westmoreland . ..
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