Lauterbach Award

Establishment of the Lauterbach Award, an annual prize to a person who has by his writings made a substantial contribution in the field of civil liberties, has been announced by the Authors' Guild. Founded in memory of Richard E. Lauterbach '35, who died in 1950 at the age of 36 of poliomyelitis, the Award will amount to $1,000 or more a year. The funds will be provided by individual contributions to the Lauterbach Award, Inc., a non-profit corporation.

Dick Lauterbach in his own writing was a tireless defender of civil liberties and the right of freedom of expression. The award in his memory is aimed primarily at other professional writers. The Authors' Guild, largest organization of book and magazine writers in the country, will choose the prize winner each year by mail ballot of its entire membership. Selection may be ased on the merits of a novel, article, poem, broadcast or editorial; the field is purposely broad.

Among the nine directors of the Lauterbach Award. Inc., are Mrs. Richard E. Lauterbach, John Hersey, who was a colleague on Life magazine, and Budd Schulberg '36. Pledges, contributions and suggestions for the recipient of the Lauterbach Award for 1951 are being solicited and may be sent to Lauterbach Award, Inc., Room 507,2 West 45th St., New York 36, N. Y.