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The Ten Outstanding Young Americans program exists to recognize and honor ten Americans each year who exemplify the best attributes of the nation's young people, aged 18 through 40. [1] The TOYA program is sponsored by the United States Junior Chamber. [2] Prior to 1985, the program was known as the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) program.
The concept for America's Ten Outstanding Young Men was fathered by Durward Howes, publisher of a yearly volume, "America's Young Men." Howes published in his books for 1934, 1935, and 1936 his own selections for the twelve outstanding young men in America. In the 1937 volume, he cut the list from twelve men to ten.
Charles T. Murr (born August 15, 1950) (also Charles Theodore Murr-Létourneau) is a Catholic priest, author, linguist, educator, raconteur and founder of an Orphanage in Tepatitlan, Jalisco, Mexico. [1] Murr is notable as a recipient of the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World" award [2] and the "Ten Outstanding Young Americans". Both ...
Martha K. Schwebach (born February 3, 1939) was the first family nurse practitioner in the United States. [1] After joining a pilot program at the University of New Mexico designed to address a physician shortage in non-metropolitan and rural areas, Schwebach received her certification in 1969 and went on to practice in the Estancia Valley and ...
The JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, usually JCI TOYP, program serves to formally recognize young people who excel in their chosen fields and exemplify the best attributes of the world's young people. The program is sponsored by Junior Chamber International (JCI).
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) program serves to formally recognize young people who excel in their chosen fields and exemplify the best attributes of the world's young people. The program is sponsored by Junior Chamber International (JCI). [1] Young men and women may be nominated in one of ten categories.
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Phillips in January 2000 as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans. [18] Phillips was also chosen to help carry the Olympic torch on its relay across the United States for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. [18] Bill Phillips has donated over $5 million to the Make-A-Wish ...
He was also national president of the Paralyzed Veterans of America in 1959, [10] and of the National Paraplegia Foundation in 1963. For his work, Guilfoil was recognized as one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Men of the United States" by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1957, and he won the President's Trophy for "Handicapped American of the ...