Sentence examples for for distinguished work from inspiring English sources
President Harry S. Truman established the medal in 1945 to recognize civilians for distinguished work during World War II.
They were there to celebrate this year's winners of the Library Lion award for distinguished work in the literary field.
Among them are Caldecott honors for distinguished work on children's picture books and the so-called "genius award" of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, for extraordinary creative accomplishment in a field.
He received the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science in 2001, the Keio Medical Science Prize in 2006, and the Gairdner International Award in 2007.
A member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Herskowitz received many honors, including, in April, the 2003 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research.
Three staff members of The New York Times and reporters for The Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Detroit Free Press, The Los Angeles Times, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Seattle Times and The East Valley Tribune of Mesa, Ariz., were cited for distinguished work in the tradition of George W. Polk, a CBS correspondent killed in 1948 covering the civil war in Greece.
Mr. Baryshnikov, born in Latvia to Russian parents, is being honored for his "body of distinguished work and his legacy of advancing the field of dance," according to a statement.
Economist Jan Svejnar has been honored for his long record of distinguished work with a 2012 Neuron Prize from the Prague-based Nadační Fond Karla Janečka (NFKJ), or Karel Janeček Endowment for Research and Science.
Time photojournalist James Nachtwey was honored with the Creative Excellence Award for his three decades of distinguished work at the magazine.
The best actor Oscar he won for "The Philadelphia Story" is here, in addition to the one he received in 1985 for half a century of distinguished work in more than 80 movies.
