1983

Thomas Sturges Watson is a charitable young man who is concerned for youth and the welfare of disadvantaged people. Despite his active involvement, he is not known for this. The reason is obvious.

He is too well-known as Tom Watson, the best professional golfer in the world today. Experts are beginning to call him one of the finest athletes in America and the finest golfer in history.

At 33 years of age, Watson has established such a record of wins and earnings that no one has matched his accomplishments. Since turning professional following his 1971 graduation from Stanford University, Watson's dominance of the game has been unparalleled.

The 1974 Western Open was his first professional win, and opened the door to an incredible series of wins and honors. Between 1975 and 1981, Watson won tournaments nearly everywhere in the free world. He won the Vardon Trophy for low stroke average three times and was named "Player-of-the-Year" four times by the Professional Golfers Association (PGA). Watson took four successive titles for highest earnings on the professional tour. in 1980, he eclipsed his own record from 1979 for the largest earnings in a single year in the history of the game. Watson won the prestigious Masters in 1981. He won the challenging British Open &emdash; for the fourth time - in 1982, along with his first win in the difficult U.S. Open and a win in the Los Angeles Open.

As Watson's skills, earnings and titles increased, so did his "marketability" - a fact Watson did not overlook. Combining his abilities and interest in golf, Watson began to endorse various products from clothing to shoes and, of course golf equipment. In addition, Watson promotes a stock brokerage firm and one of the world's leading manufacturers of computer and video accessories.

On those rare occasions when the 1982 PGA Player-of-the-Year wants to get away from his beloved game, he really gets away from it all. His fishing trips into the far reaches of the Canadian Wilderness are surpassed only by his forays for pheasant.

Watson credits his father, talented amateur Ray Watson, with teaching him the skills and discipline of golf. Watson also credits his parents with passing along unselfish attitudes and a sense of family. Linda and Tom Watson have managed to spend much time together despite his hectic travel schedule, taking their first child with them on the long tours. Their second child was born in December.

Watson has raised more than $750,000 in the last three years for the Children's Mercy Hospital in his hometown of Kansas City. He actively lends his personal support to the American Junior Golf Association while supporting other efforts by such organizations as Medic Alert, the Par Club (Evans Scholarship) and Athletes Against Multiple Sclerosis.

1981

Christopher Reeve is not Superman. But he believes in the principles the fictitious character represents. Reeve has received critical acclaim for the dual film portrayal of Superman/Clark Kent, including recognition as International Star of the Year in 1979. And, at 28 years of age, Reeve has used his status as a motion picture star to help others, especially children.

Reeve played an orphan in "Superman" and saw that as an opportunity to help children without parents. The 1981 TOYM Honoree arranged special screenings of "Superman" for children in orphanages, then met with the children and talked about the fact Superman was an orphan. Reeve believes that children need models but says, "I'm not setting myself up as a hero to children. One doesn't have to be a hero to lend a hand."

Reeve has extended his hand to children in many ways. He has made a special effort to reach children by appearing on TV shows aimed at them. The movie star was on "Kids Are People, Too" and "Hot Hero Sandwich." He shared the emotional stress he went through when growing up, including the divorce of his parents, to help children cope with their problems.

Christopher Reeve says, "I'm glad I'm in a position to do something useful." He worked with the Special Olympics as coach to the soccer team in the summer of 1979. A victim of asthma himself, Reeve has worked with the Asthma Foundation. He also works with the American Diabetes Foundation, American Medical Association Nutritional Program, National Jewish Hospital in Denver and Multiple Sclerosis. He participated in a Library of Congress program designed to encourage children to read and believes "an ability with words is the best gift a kid can have outside of love."

Although Reeve is young himself, he has "paid his dues" in the acting profession. At fifteen he was an apprentice in summer productions at the Williamstown Festival Theatre. Seeking to expand his acting abilities to the highest degree, he went to England to pursue theatrical training. He worked for a time at the famous Old Vic in London and with numerous repertory theaters. He even did a short tour with the Comedie Francaise in Paris.

After returning to the U.S., the graduate of Cornell University studied at the famous Julliard School while playing in "Love of Life" on day-time television. His first big break in the theatre came when he co-starred with Katherine Hepburn in "A Matter of Gravity." Currently starring in "Fifth of July" on Broadway, Reeve's latest film release is a romantic fantasy called "Somewhere in Time." "Superman II" will open in theatres in June.

His career as a star is just beginning. "Superman" was his first major film success. Based on that, Reeve was nominated for an Academy Award as best actor in 1979 by the motion picture industry's "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. "Superman" was awarded best picture of the year. He was named The Most Promising Male Attraction by Box Office Magazine's Annual National Exhibitor Poll of Film Favorites, and awarded Most Promising Newcomer at the 1979 British Academy Awards.

Though many young actors might indiscriminately accept roles, Reeve does not. He turned down the lead in "American Gigolo" because it portrayed a sordid aspect of society. In developing his career, Reeve wants to "play a variety of roles" while still being able to "earn the respect of my contemporaries."

The 1981 TOYM Honoree will continue to support his solid belief in the honesty, integrity and personal values espoused by Jaycees. And Reeve vows not to take himself too seriously or let success change him.

Though Christopher Reeve is not the character he portrays on the silver screen, he is in a cast of supermen - the Ten Outstanding Young Men of America.

1980

Although David Stockman, a U.S. Congressman from Michigan and one of this year's Ten Outstanding Young Men, has positive feelings about America's role in the world now, that was not always the case. Stockman was raised in a politically involved family and got his first taste of politics in his hard-core Republican home county by going to the courthouse on Saturdays with his grandfather, who served as the county treasurer for many year.

Stockman arrived at college in the turbulent mid-60s questioning many ideas about American life he had earlier accepted as gospel. "At an early age when you're still kind of starry-eyed and don't have much frame of reference to understanding of past events, you can draw an inappropriate conclusion (from something like the war in Vietnam). That was a mistake, a one-time mistake, but it was (my) first experience with foreign policy of the United States and really, with the larger world. It was very easy to draw the conclusion that that (Vietnam) was part of the systematic pattern - that somehow the United States was the major cause of problems around the world."

His disillusionment dissipated as he learned more about history and gained a more mature perspective on life, Stockman says, and he eventually realized that the ideas he had grown up with were sound. Still, he does believe that the generation which grew up between 1965 and 1973 did so at a dark time in the nation 's history. As a result many of the "best and brightest" of that time became reserved and even cynical about American institutions and about government in particular.

Stockman, a Jaycee, feels that the Jaycee organization plays an important role in helping young people obtain leadership positions in virtually every walk of life. Young men joining the organization have a positive and optimistic perspective and American society will benefit from the infusion of that vision into the successive leadership groups that move through the organization, he says.

Stockman has devoted his public life to stem problems within the government which may serve to sustain the public's lack of confidence. "We have reached a point where government is beginning to suffocate the creative ingenuity and energy of the American people," he says. Unnecessary bureaucracies, ineffective government spending must end. Pork-barrel coalitions," groups with vested interests in the perpetuation of programs, whether they are effective or not.

A Time magazine citation as one of the nation's leaders of the future has made Stockman more conscious than ever of the necessity to do his homework. Good luck may have helped him in his career, but hard work will make the opportunities he has been given bear fruit, he says.

"Despite all the problems we have in this country today, this is still probably the greatest society on earth in terms of opportunity, in terms of mobility, in terms of the chance to excel and rise and lead - if someone wants to take advantage of the opportunities that come along. I would hope that people who aspire to more than just ordinary things in life would be heartened by that," he says.

"I think that we've got an enormous capability in this country in our natural resources, in the education of our population, in our economic strength, to continue not only to offer a better life for the American people but to contribute to improvement in living conditions and life opportunities all around the world," he adds.

Stockman, 33, attended Michigan State University and Harvard Divinity School as well as the Harvard Institute of Politics. He is a member of the Benton Harbor Kiwanis, the Michigan Farm Bureau and the MSU Alumni Association as well as of the Coldwater Jaycees. Stockman, who is single, lives in St. Joseph, Michigan.

1980

To TOYM Honoree Albert Gore, Jr., a person's success depends in large part on his ability to do the best with the resources given him. Then he should allow the future to come into its own focus.

"I always considered politics as one option for a career (if only) because my family was involved in politics. But I actually discarded that notion while I was in college," says Gore, a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee.

Like many Americans, Gore was disillusioned by political events of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He spent several years as an investigative reporter for The Nashville Tennessean before regaining an interest in political affairs by covering government. He ultimately made what he calls "almost a spur-of-the-moment decision" to run for Congress, after hearing that his predecessor planned to announce his retirement.

Today, as a national leader, Gore is concerned about other people who are still experiencing the same disillusionment he felt. "We've had bitter experiences during the '60s and 70s but it is important for us to learn the right lesson from history and not to over-react. We cannot withdraw from the world. Our greatness as a nation depends on our willingness to continue to play a role in shaping history," he says.

In a swiftly changing world, Americans cannot withdraw into complacency and mediocrity, he feels. "In my opinion, history is speeding up, the pace of change is accelerating. New technological innovations now appear with greater frequency and have sweeping impacts. In order to manage those impacts and maximize the good which can come from change, we have to spend more time attempting to anticipate problems, rather than dealing with them on an emergency basis after they've gotten out of control."

His involvement in the areas of energy, environmental health and hazardous waste disposal mirror his concern for anticipating problems. He feels that the nation must eventually make the transition from fossil fuels to renewable ones and that the longer the country delays that decision, the more we are borrowing from the future rather than building for the future.

For Gore, a large part of building for the future is maximizing his present potential. "The only productive approach is to try to do the best you can with the responsibilities you are entrusted with and let the future take care of itself. I concentrate on doing the best I can every day in the job that I have. I don't waste any time at all mapping out some plan to move on to something else," he says.

Gore joined the Jaycees at the recommendation of a close friend. Individual Jaycee friends assisted him in his first political campaign. Jaycees, in his opinion, are good examples of men who have escaped mediocrity and have made an effort to develop the best in themselves.

"I have seen so many examples of people opening up in the Jaycees and reaching a much higher percentage of their potential than they would have ever done had they not been given that opportunity," he says. The organization offers a channel through which young men can express in both words and deeds their desire to improve their community and their country as well as themselves.

"In many ways, the most important choice (you) make is whether you really want to try to do the best you can," he says. Gore has made that decision in his own life: "I want to do the absolute best I can and push myself to my potential while at the same time giving my children a good upbringing and having a good life with my family. I pursue that goal."

Gore, 31 attended Harvard University, the Vanderbilt University Graduate School of Religion and the Vanderbilt University Law School. He, his wife, Tipper, and three daughters make their home in Carthage, Tennessee. Gore is chairman of the Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future and was president of the 95th Members Caucus. He also belongs to the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

1980

World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes isn't looking for rewards because of the time and dollars he has donated to the Jaycees. Boys' Clubs and St. Anthony's Youth Center in Easton, Pennsylvania. This TOYM Honoree considers the work a blessing for being able to live and achieve to the extent he has.

Holmes enjoys raising the spirits of people he meets. He claims it took him 23 years of sacrifice, frustration and determination to get where he is today. So if he is able to make appearances and make at least one person smile, why not?

Larry tells of a visit to his home town of Cuthbert, Georgia, where he visited a young man who had lost both legs. "He just kept saying over and over, 'You made me somebody. I'm somebody now.' He didn't say much else but that," says Holmes. "The young man died about two months later; but for that one day he felt that he was somebody."

There was a time when Larry Holmes did not feel like somebody. One of eleven children, Holmes dropped out of seventh grade to work and support his fatherless family. He remembers the days when his career was not that of a boxer, but that of a truck driver and janitor. He would hang around the St. Anthony's Youth Center because there was nothing else to do.

In school, Holmes was an all-around athlete, but he took up boxing when he dropped out. "When you are a drop-out from school, you don't have the proper education to go to college," Holmes explains. "Without education, you can't continue in sports such as baseball, basketball or football. Therefore, you can't make it as an athlete unless you go into a field like boxing."

Holmes took up boxing and credits his parents and his first coach with giving him the determination to run those extra miles and punch those extra bags even while struggling to keep his family together. Even though others told him, "You'll never make it - the other boxers are too good," the extra effort paid off.

Although he lost in his attempt to make the 1972 Olympics boxing team, Holmes continued to fight professionally, sparring with such boxers as Muhammed Ali, Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers.

After four years of finding that the other boxers did not box him out of the ring, Holmes was given his first big test. That challenge led to victory over third-ranked Earnie Shavers and a shot at the World Boxing Council's Heavyweight Crown. After 15 rounds of combat with then-champion Ken Norton, Holmes was crowned Champ.

Through his personal appearances, Holmes has saved both St. Anthony's Youth Center and the Easton Area Boys' Club from financial ruin. He is now raising money to construct a recreation center for downtown Easton. And spends much of his free time with the mentally handicapped, the elderly and the poor.

"People worry about me changing," Holmes says. "They seem to think 'Larry Holmes was a nice guy before, but will he change now that he is the Champ?' But I'm not gonna change . . . not unless it's for the better!"

Holmes, 30, the father of two daughters, makes him home in Easton, where he serves on the Board of Directors of the Easton Boys' Club and is a member of the Easton Area Jaycees. Among the honors he has received is the Edward J. Neil Memorial, presented to him as 1978 Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers' Association, presented to him as 1978 Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers' Association of New York. In addition, the Larry Holmes Scholarship Fund was established in his honor to benefit students in Easton.

1979

Most people know him simply as John Denver, one of America's most successful contemporary entertainers, but he was born Henry John Deutschendorf, jr. 35 years ago. During his childhood he could not call any place home for too long as a result of his father's Air Force career. John settled at Texas Tech as an architectural student but, like many others, found himself deeply affected by the folk music popular at the time.

He soon moved to Los Angeles where he got a job as a draftsman and began singing in coffee houses. He also cut some demonstration records. The records were a hit - not on the charts, but with people in New York who encouraged him to audition as Chad Mitchell's replacement in the Chad Mitchell Trio. He earned the job from a field of about 250 candidates.

Two-and-a-half years later, Denver decided to perform on a solo basis. He soon came into prominence as a result of his composition "Leaving On A Jet Plane." Though his own version ran second on the charts to the one recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, that hit established him as a major musical influence and he became an attraction on the college concert circuit. Since that time he has popularized a long string of hit records. His recordings are often certified gold and even platinum before they are shipped to retailers.

Still a major concert drawing card musically, Denver has expanded his horizons to include television and motion pictures. He earned critical acclaim for his role in the blockbuster Warner Brothers movie "Oh, God," and received an Emmy Award for his television special "An Evening With John Denver." He has also received professional awards from the Country Music Association - the "Song Of the Year" for "Back Home Again," and the Association's highest honor, the "Entertainer of the Year" award.

In addition to his work, Denver takes a serious interest in a number of programs and projects ranging from the ecology to hunger relief to the space program. He holds advisory board positions with the National Space Institute, and Friends of the Earth. He served with the late Wernher von Braun on the board of the National Space Institute.

Denver is "Poet Laureate" of Colorado and his music reflects his love for nature. His respect for the world of nature has been confirmed by his participation in nature-oriented specials and in groups like Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, the Cousteau Society and the Environmental Defense Fund. John also served on the Presidential Committee on Hunger and works with organizations like Save the Children and the Hunger Project.

Although he is on the road much of the time doing personal-appearance tours, Denver does not like to travel. He, his wife, Ann, and their children, Zachery, 4, and Anna Kate, 18 months, make their home in Aspen, Colorado. The family would be totally rooted were it not for the demands of show business. Denver's song "Good-bye Again" reflects his feelings about life on the road away from his wife and children. At home, John can enjoy skiing, his favorite sport, as well as painting. A do-it-yourselfer around the house, he also enjoys riding horses and his favorite motorcycle. He keeps an active interest in local, national and world affairs.

1979

The youngest man to attain the governor's office in Arkansas during this century - and the youngest man elected governor in the entire United States for 40 years - The Honorable Bill Clinton, 32, had compiled an impressive list of accomplishments even before winning the Arkansas gubernatorial race last November.

A native Arkansan, Clinton's interest in politics became apparent at an early age. While he was still an honor student at Hot Springs High School, Clinton was elected to represent Arkansas at American Legion Boys' Nation. In 1966, he was active in an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign.

Clinton received his Bachelor of Science degree in International Affairs from Georgetown University in 1968. During his collegiate career, he was twice president of his class and helped organize an international student conference on the Atlantic Community (CONTACT II). During his last two years of college, Clinton worked as an assistant clerk to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

After graduation, Clinton worked on the successful reelection campaign of Senator J. William Fullbright. From 1968 to 1970 he studied abroad as a Rhodes Scholar. He traveled to Great Britain, participating in a graduate program in politics at Oxford's University College. He also visited eleven countries under the scholarship.

Clinton returned to the United States, earning a law degree from Yale University and going on to teach law at the University of New Haven and at the University of Arkansas.

In 1974, Clinton narrowly lost a race for the Third Congressional District seat in Arkansas. He led a four man race in the preferential primary, but lost to a long-entrenched Republican opponent by only a few percentage points. Not to be denied public office, however, Clinton won election as Arkansas Attorney General in 1977.

Extremely sensitive to consumer problems, he led the office to make recoveries of $443,600 to state consumers in 1977 - more than had been collected during the preceding five and a half years. Included in the total was a landmark settlement against General Motors for allegedly switching engines in 1977 Oldsmobiles. Because of that settlement, 854 Arkansans are expected to receive $200 each.

Clinton's major accomplishments as attorney general have been: Establishing an office to help the elderly with legal problems; drafting and supporting legislation that established a series of small claims courts throughout the state; intervening on behalf of consumers in over five major rate cases by utilities; and drafting and supporting legislation prohibiting the Attorney General from engaging in the private practice of law.

Clinton and his wife, Hillary, make their home in Little Rock.

1977

Steve Garvey, talented first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodger, is one of those fortunate individuals who knew from the time he was a child which career he wanted to pursue. Selecting such a long-range goal that early in life perhaps contributed to Garvey's very visible success at the age of 28.

Steve developed his interest in baseball when he was growing up in Florida, where professional players traditionally go for spring training. Having had the opportunity to meet many of his baseball idols, his influence toward a sports career was further strengthened. Upon graduation from high school, Steve signed his first professional contract playing for Ogden, Utah, in the Pioneer Rookie league. After establishing a league home run record and a hefty .338 batting average, he transferred to an Albuquerque ball club in 1969 where he earned an All-Star status. For his outstanding record, Steve became the first-round draft pick of the L. A. Dodgers to officially become part of the club in 1970.

From 1971-73, Garvey further developed his big league skills as the Dodgers' third baseman. By the end of the 1973 season, he was able to complete the gradual transition to his present first base position. The next season proved to be the most memorable, when Steve again earned All-Star honors for leading the Dodgers to the National League Pennant with his .312 average and remarkable collection of hitting records. As a result, he received the Golden Glove Award as the National League's finest fielding first baseman, while also being named the League's Most Valuable Player for 1974, a season in which Steve achieved the finest statistical total in baseball history.

In 1975, Garvey managed several repeat performances with another Golden Glove Award and a place on the National League's winning All-Star team. His most recent accomplishment was his selection to the 1976 All-Star team for the third consecutive season.

Although baseball is a major concern in his life, Steve Garvey has also distinguished himself through his work with Boys Clubs, high school athletic programs and a number of charitable organizations. He is probably best recognized nationwide for his association with the Multiple Sclerosis cause. Much of his free time is spent serving as Community Campaign Chairman in the M. S. Society's Southern California Chapter. His greatest success in that area has been the fund-raising Celebrity Tennis Tournament. In addition, he has worked with the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon and has promoted the Heart Fund.

While Steve Garvey's illustrious career speaks for itself, the traits that identify him as an outstanding young man are best reflected in his own words: "If there's anything I can do to help make (people) stronger, physically or spiritually, I think it's my duty to do it."

1969

At 25, Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., has skyrocketed to worldwide sports fame as he continues to climb steadily to the top of the loft as one of the world's leading tennis players.

A member of the United States Davis Cup Team, Ashe, Ashe won the 1968 National Open Title at Forest Hills, New York, a major championship which included both amateurs and professional players from all over the world. Last year, he became the first American since 1955 to win the Annual National Amateur Tennis Championship at the historic Langwood Cricket Club.

His extraordinary tennis skill has allowed him to unlock the world of tennis for himself and thousands of youngsters. Among the honors and awards which have highlighted his tennis career include the 1968 U. S. Professional Lawn Tennis Association Open Championship, the 69th Annual Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship and the 1968 USLTA Singles Championship. Last year, he was also a Wimbledon semifinalist.

Ashe's distinction is not limited to his tennis-playing ability. For quite some time, his impeccable manners as a true sportsman have been worthy of mention. He was recently announced as winner of the new Harold A. Lebair Memorial Trophy, awarded annually for the most exemplary show of sportsmanship. In 1964, he was awarded the Johnston Sportsmanship Trophy as the year's outstanding sportsman.

Commissioned as an officer in the United States Army in 1966, Ashe is presently assigned as a systems analyst in the data processing department of the United States Military Academy as West Point. For the past three years, he has been associated with Philip Morris Incorporated as a special touring representative.

A native of Virginia, Ashe graduated with honors from high school in St. Louis, Missouri. Receiving a scholarship, he attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was a member of the California Club and Varsity Tennis Team. In 1966, he received a BS degree in marketing from the University.

Since his high school days, Ashe has continuously sponsored numerous tennis clinics and exhibitions for underprivileged children. An active civil rights worker, he is a member of the NAACP and the Organization Industrial Conference, a self-help organization, predominantly but not solely for Negroes.

1969

Thirty-four-year-old Sam Wyly's rapid rise to success in the business world within a few years is a remarkable example of personal achievement within this country's enterprise system.

Serving as President and Executive Director of the University Computing Company since its formation, Wyly has steered the company into the position of one of the nation's fastest-growing firms. Since its 1963 beginning, University Computing has mushroomed throughout the nation and five foreign countries.

A few years ago, Wyly was among computer experts who envisioned future use of centralized computer resources as a utility, comparable to central power, telephone and other utility services. Today, computer technology has developed the concept into a functional reality.

The young business executive can be measured successfully by his contributions to society as well as by monetary standards. Interested in youth educational programs, Wyly has established a foundation which provides scholarships for deserving students. A frequent contributor to various religious and college organizations, he recently supported a successful, massive voter education program.

In retrospect, Wyly's own youthful days were filled with activity reflecting his enthusiasm, continuous energy and general ability to motivate positive results from others. After receiving his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan, he began the detailed plans that led to the chartering of University Computing.

Formerly of Louisiana, Wyly presently lives in Dallas with his wife, Rosemary, and their three children, Evan, Laurie and Lisa. He serves as a member of the Dallas Citizens Council, the Community Chest Trust Fund, and the Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees.

1968

Being the youngest member of the U.S. Senate is only one feature which distinguishes Edward M. Kennedy, 35, from his contemporaries. His active sponsorship of important and necessary legislation in the interest of the American public has heightened his stature as a youthful archetype.

In his second term as a member of the Senate, Kennedy's major achievements have been programs to strengthen individual freedom, opportunity and initiative. He is chairman of three Senate Subcommittees. In these roles he has shown that youth and energy can be harnessed to the cause of good government and leadership.

Active in education, Senator Kennedy was the first legislator to propose a National Teacher Corps. This program of bringing experienced teachers and teaching interns into various low-income urban and rural school districts has improved educational opportunity throughout the United States. Today, 1,200 teachers are participating in the program.

He designed and put through Congress a program of comprehensive neighborhood health centers in an attempt to bring better health care to poor neighborhoods where people never see a doctor or nurse. As a result of his proposal, 30 such centers were created this year to meet the health needs of approximately 750,000 American citizens.

Senator Kennedy conducted Congressional hearings which first spotlighted the plight of the 2 million refugees in South Vietnam, who make up one-eighth of the population. Kennedy undertook this project with the belief that improving the condition of South Vietnamese refugees is an essential part of the effort to strengthen and save the country from Communist conquest. He recently received a Citation for Meritorious Service presented by the U. S. Committee for Refugees for "his vigorous and encouraging sponsorship of programs so vital to the needs of refugees throughout the world."

In 1964, Senator Kennedy was enroute to Springfield, Massachusetts, to accept his party's renomination to the Senate. The plane in which he was traveling crashed and the pilot and one of Kennedy's aides were killed. The youthful Senator suffered a severely broken back. In the early weeks of hospitalization, his return to normal life was doubtful. But Kennedy held bedside seminars and kept abreast of pertinent issues.

Despite his inability to campaign, he was re-elected to a full six-year term in 1964 by the largest majority ever given a statewide candidate in Massachusetts. In 1965, after weeks of intense physical therapy, he walked unaided, using only a cane, down the aisle of the Senate to take his place for the start of a new season.

1966

Broadway's youngest composer-lyricist, whose "Hello Dolly" won the Drama Critics Award for best musical of 1964, saw his first creation produced during his undergraduate days at the University of Miami.

"Apple for Venus," music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, won an ovation from the audience and plaudits from the Miami press when presented as an "experimental" in UM's old Box Theatre. Jerry was a junior. The year was 1952.

Uncertain as to his chances of success in the field of music he loved, Herman had chosen the alternate school of business. UM's drama department, then under the chairmanship of Fred Koch, was exciting, stimulating and challenging. With the encouragement of professor Koch, Jerry plunged into song writing and playwriting, winning the campus "Snarks Playwriting Trophy."

He delighted both campus and community audiences with his composition, "Happy Birthday, Willie," honoring Shakespeare on the occasion of the drama department's 1952 Shakespeare Festival presenting "Hamlet." Jerry also composed all songs for the 1952 UM Sketchbook, a student-produced variety show in which all campus organizations participated.

In the twelve years since he received his B.A. degree, Jerry Herman has seen two of his musicals become smash hits on Broadway: "Milk and Honey," starring Molly Picon (1961); and "Hello Dolly," starring Carol Channing (1964). The hit is still playing to SRO audiences in New York City and numerous road companies are traveling with it.

Herman's talents - one critic compared him to the great team of Rodgers and Hammerstein, with the difference that he holds the promise of combining in one person the talents of both men -- have brought him fame and fortune and numerous awards and honors, including: Best Song of 1961 ("Shalom"); 1964 Tony Award for best musical score ("Hello Dolly"); Grammy Award for Best Song of 1964 ("Hello Dolly"); Gold Record for the "Hello Dolly" album.

Herman was one of the four guests of honor representing ASCAP at a dinner hosted by President Lyndon B. Johnson, May 22, 1964 in Washington.

To many Americans the wholesome values so long cherished seem in danger of being overwhelmed by prophets of gloom and doom, by books and plays stressing human distortion.

Through his gift of talent, Jerry Herman restores one's faith in the human animal and his eternal struggle for the true and the good. This contribution of warmth and joy and faith in one's fellow creatures, and in life itself, is of inestimable value.

1966

With the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Bill Moyers was one of the first to be called to the side of President Johnson. Since then, he has served the President as Special Assistant and Press Secretary at the White House.

Moyers began preparing for his future at an early age. A brilliant student of journalism, government and history as an undergraduate, and theology and ethics on the graduate level, he chose these subjects in deliberate preparation for a career in public life. At 24, he was in charge of public information for the largest institution in the U.S. for the training of Christian workers. At 25, he was first personal assistant and then executive assistant to Senator ( later vice president) Johnson. During the 1960 election, he coordinated the Kennedy-Johnson organization and was called by the New York Times the "Top man in the Johnson entourage."

At 26, he left Johnson to become Associate Director of the Peace Corps. He drafted the legislation which President Kennedy recommended to Congress for the enactment of the Peace Corps. With Sargent Shriver, Moyers became a chief architect of the Peace Corps. In 1958 the Senate confirmed him as Deputy Director of the Corps, one of the youngest men ever to be so appointed to any post.

Moyers has served, along with the nine other men, as Special Assistant to the President since Johnson succeeded to that position. But as Newsweek put it, "Mr. Johnson himself insists that they are all on an equal footing. But the members of the Big Ten agree that Bill Moyers, the youngest and most soft-spoken of them all, is more equal than the others. He is, as one admiring White House colleague puts it, 'the most special of the special assistants' . . ."

As staff coordinator Moyers performs a variety of tasks: Working out difficult problems, acting as a general advisor, assistant, following through on legislative programs, developing and coordinating government programs, and relations with state and local governments.

July 8, 1965, Moyers became President Johnson's press secretary, in addition to his other responsibilities as staff coordinator and the chief architect of the President's legislative program. He is generally credited with doing much to clear up the President's muddied relations with the press.

As press secretary, Moyers is spokesman for the President and the U.S. government and is once again one of the youngest men in history to hold so vital and responsible a position.

President Johnson once called Moyers ". . . a very articulate and able and sophisticated and intellectual young man. It is fortunate for our nation that Bill Moyers' talents were discovered so early, because he is a young man and there are many, many years in which we can benefit from his services."

In 1964 the Texas Jaycees selected Moyers as one of the state's Five Outstanding Young Texans. Earlier, when he was 27, he was nominated as one of the ten outstanding young men in the federal government.

Moyers and his wife, Judith Suzanne, have three children.