Judge Harry K. Stone of Brockton, Mass., prominent in Zionist and UJA affairs, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at the annual commencement exercises of Stonehill College, a Catholic institution located in this town. Judge Stone shared honors as a recipient of an honorary degree with three other notables including Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of the Boston diocese.
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