34th Theodore Roosevelt Association award dinner at Theodore Roosevelt House
Subject(s): American Dream, Atomic bomb, Awards, Cold War (1945-1989), Communism, Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962, Democracy, Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971, Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964, Haight, Anne Lyon, Nuclear energy, Opportunity, Pacifism, Pakistan--Karachi, Public administration, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Seren, Leo, 1918-2002, Speeches, addresses, etc., Straus, Oscar S., 1914-2013, Theodore Roosevelt Association, Warren, John N., 1900-1970
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Oscar S. Straus II, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, hosts the annual awards ceremony. Hermann Hagedorn, executive director, introduces Arthur Holly Compton, a nuclear physicist, and Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, recipients of the Distinguished Service Medals in Science and Public Service. In their acceptance speeches, Compton speaks on public service and the importance of a free society working together towards a unified goal, as was done during the second world war, and Dewey speaks on the worldwide application of the “American Dream,” and the shifting struggles between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additional brief remarks are presented by Anne Lyon Haight, who comments on an upcoming merger of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the Women’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Creation Date
1955-10-27
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Record Type
Audio
Resource Type
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
34th Theodore Roosevelt Association award dinner at Theodore Roosevelt House. [October 27, 1955]. Theodore Roosevelt Association.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o299584. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. 34th Theodore Roosevelt Association award dinner at Theodore Roosevelt House. [27 Oct. 1955]. Audio.
Theodore Roosevelt Association. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o299584.
APA:
Unknown., [1955, October 27]. 34th Theodore Roosevelt Association award dinner at Theodore Roosevelt House.
Theodore Roosevelt Association. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o299584.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association.
