Douglas Morrow
Encyclopedia
Douglas Morrow was a Hollywood screenwriter
and film producer
. He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's The Stratton Story
, a biography of baseball player Monty Stratton
, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Morrow died of an aneurysm
in 1994.
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: 2009 Neil deGrasse Tyson
, Ph.D.;
2008 Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts;
2007 Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired);
2006 Tom Hanks
;
2005 The Ansari X-Prize Foundation;
2004 LIFE Magazine;
2003 Robert T. McCall;
2002 The late Gene Roddenberry
and Majel Barrett Roddenberry;
2001 Popular Science
Magazine;
2000 Space Awareness Alliance;
1999 The Crew of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-95
;
1998 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
;
1997 The Cable News Network (CNN
);
1996 The Apollo 13 Movie Team;
1995 Discovery Communications
, Inc.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
. He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's The Stratton Story
The Stratton Story
The Stratton Story is a 1949 film directed by Sam Wood which tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934-1938...
, a biography of baseball player Monty Stratton
Monty Stratton
Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton , nicknamed "Gander", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Wagner, Texas, USA, but lived in Greenville, Texas for a part of his life....
, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Morrow died of an aneurysm
Aneurysm
An aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
in 1994.
Legacy
The Space FoundationSpace Foundation
The Space Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the global space industry through information and education programs. It is a resource for the entire space community - industry, national security organizations, civil space agencies, private space companies and the military around the...
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: 2009 Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History...
, Ph.D.;
2008 Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts;
2007 Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired);
2006 Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
;
2005 The Ansari X-Prize Foundation;
2004 LIFE Magazine;
2003 Robert T. McCall;
2002 The late Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...
and Majel Barrett Roddenberry;
2001 Popular Science
Popular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
Magazine;
2000 Space Awareness Alliance;
1999 The Crew of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-95
STS-95
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury...
;
1998 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
;
1997 The Cable News Network (CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
);
1996 The Apollo 13 Movie Team;
1995 Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
, Inc.