Nobel Prize

Dec. 12, 1955 - Reception To Mark Award Of Nobel Prize: Dr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will, in Oslo on Saturday, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 1954 on behalf of the High Commission - and this evening in London, Dr. Goedhart attended a reception in honour of the award, held in the Ballroom of the English-Speaking Union, Charles-street. The reception, which was sponsored jointly by the United Nations Association and the British Council for Air to Refugees, was also attended by two British Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Sir Norman Angell (1933), author of T he Great Illusion, and Lord Boyd Orr (1949), who received the award on his retirement from the position of Executive Director of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Dr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart was born in Bussum, Netherlands, on March 19th, 1901. Photo shows (L to R) At the reception this evening: Sir Norman Angel. (Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1933).; Dr. G.J. Van Heuven Goedhart, and Lord Boyd Orr (Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1949)

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