Meyer W. Weisgal, chancellor of the Weizmann Institute, humanitarian and writer, was given the Remembrance Award for 1974 by the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Associations, the sponsors of the award. The award will be presented to him at a dinner in New York May 29 for his contribution to Jewish life and Jewish letters.
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