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Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, acting president of Columbia University, presents Maria Moors Cabot awards to three newspaper representatives. From left to right, the people in the photo are: Francisco De Assis Chateaubriand, Luis Teofilo Nunez, Tom Wallace, and Frank D. Fackenthal. They wear academic robes. Original Credit Line: Associated Press.

Original caption: "Newsmen Awarded Cabot Plaques. Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, acting president of Columbia University, New York (right), presents silver plaques to (from left) Francisco De Assis Chateaubriand, publisher of Diarios Associados, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Luis Teofilo Nunez, co-proprietor of El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela, and Tom Wallace, editor of the Louisville, Ky., Times, during ceremony at University Dec. 13 in which the three journalists received Maria Moors Cabot gold medals for their contributions to inter-American friendship. The plaques were awarded to the newspapers represented by the medal winners. The awards were established in 1939 by Dr. Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Boston, Mass., as a memorial to his wife. Associated Press Photo RKD-12/13/45-740p-Lindsay, BX-LX-FLS-9."