Douglas Morrow (September 13, 1913 – September 9, 1994) was a Hollywood screenwriter and film producer. He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's ''

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'', a biography of

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, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Morrow died of an

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in 1994. Morrow's other films included ''

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'' (1951) and ''

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''. He also wrote for a number of television series.

Legacy

In recognition of Morrow's space advocacy and as a board member, the

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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: *1995

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, Inc. *1996 The Apollo 13 Movie Team *1997 The Cable News Network (

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) *1998 NASA's

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*1999 The Crew of the Space Shuttle Mission

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*2000 Space Awareness Alliance *2001 '' Popular Science'' Magazine *2002 The late Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry *2003 Robert T. McCall *2004 ''Life'' magazine *2005 The Ansari X-Prize Foundation *2006

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*2007 Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Ret.) *2008 Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts *2009

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, PhD *2010

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*2011 Jay Barbree, NBC News; Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press; William Harwood, CBS News *2012 NASA Social Media Team *2013 Bill Nye *2014 Chris Hadfield *2015 NASA Industry EFT-1 Team *2016

Andy Weir Andrew Taylor Weir (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist and former computer programmer. His 2011 novel '' The Martian'' was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award fo ...

, author *2017

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and

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*2018

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*2019

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and its Chair, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence

References

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Allmovie bioSpace Foundation's Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
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