Dr. Selman Waksman, discoverer of streptomycin, and Prof. William H. Kilpatrick, noted educator, received Justice Louis D. Brandeis gold medals of the Jewish Forum this week-end. The presentations were part of the 35th anniversary observance of the Jewish Forum Foundation. The awards were made “in recognition for services to humanity.”
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