Awards & Winners

Basil O'Connor

Date of Birth 08-January-1892
Place of Birth Taunton
(Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Lawyer
Basil O'Connor was an American lawyer. In co-operation with US-President Franklin D. Roosevelt he started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment. From 1944 to 1949 he was Chairman and President of the American Red Cross and from 1945 to 1950 he was Chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies.

Awards by Basil O'Connor

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1958


Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service
(For extraordinary administrative leadership in the eradication of a crippling disease of childhood, poliomyelitis, through development of an effective vaccine.)