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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.
JCI selects 10 outstanding young people under 40 who live the JCI Mission in extraordinary ways. [ 1 ] It was founded by the 1983 JCI World President Kjell Peterson and first introduced at the 1983 JCI World Congress in Taipei.
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.
During his tenure as president of Seattle Central Community College, Ellison was named by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce as one of its "10 Outstanding Young Men of the Year". [22] In 1981, Phi Delta Kappa awarded Ellison as one of the "75 Outstanding Educational Leaders in the United States". [23]
Pacita had received the TOYM Award for Art in the Philippines in 1984. [10] Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) is an award that has always been given to men for the last 25 years until in 1984 where Pacita Abad became the first woman ever to receive this prestigious award.
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In 1966 Greenberg was named one of the ten "Outstanding Young Men" of America by the United States Junior Chamber. [10] That spring, Greenberg was also one of seventeen young Americans selected to be White House Fellows in the Lyndon Johnson administration.