The 1968 Albert Einstein Commemorative Award for Public Affairs was presented here tonight to Robert C. Weaver, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine award ceremony. Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University, presented similar awards to British sculptor Henry Moore, Times associate editor James Reston, Jack D. Weiler, New York philanthropist, and Dr. Harry Eagle, biology department chairman of the Einstein College of Medicine.
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