Douglas Morrow

Douglas Morrow
Born	Douglas S. Morrow 13 September 1913(1913-09-13) Oswego, New York, USA
Died	9 September 1994(1994-09-09) (aged 80) Kingston, New York, USA
Occupation	producer, screenwriter

Douglas Morrow (13 September 1913 - 9 September 1994) was a Hollywood screenwriter and film producer. He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's The Stratton Story, a biography of baseball player Monty Stratton, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Morrow died of an aneurysm in 1994.

Legacy

The Space Foundation annually presents the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award to an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs. Recipients include: 2009 Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D.; 2008 Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts; 2007 Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired); 2006 Tom Hanks; 2005 The Ansari X-Prize Foundation; 2004 LIFE Magazine; 2003 Robert T. McCall; 2002 The late Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry; 2001 Popular Science Magazine; 2000 Space Awareness Alliance; 1999 The Crew of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-95; 1998 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; 1997 The Cable News Network (CNN); 1996 The Apollo 13 Movie Team; 1995 Discovery Communications, Inc.

External links

• Douglas Morrow at the Internet Movie Database
• Allmovie bio
• Space Foundation's Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award

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Date of birth	13 September 1913
Place of birth	Oswego, New York, USA
Date of death	9 September 1994
Place of death	Kingston, New York, USA