Philip Loeb Humanitarian Award

Philip Loeb Humanitarian Award

This award was named in memory of the blacklisted prominent actor and Actors' Equity Association worker Philip Loeb, who committed suicide in 1955 after losing his craft to McCarthyism. The award was bestowed only twice.

Recipients

* William Ross [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E4D81239F937A1575BC0A962958260&sec=&spon= New York Times] ]
* Iggie Wolfington

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