The National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards was named after its first President, Rube Goldberg
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The Cartoonist Award is named after Reuben Lucius Goldberg, an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. He is best known for his popular Cartoons depicting complex gadgets performing simple tasks in comically convoluted ways.
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The Tony award is named after Antionette Perry
Since 1954, the awards have been commonly known as the Reubens (named for Reuben "Rube" Goldberg, the society's first president and designer of the award statuette), though most properly that name only applies to the Cartoonist of the Year award; the other awards either have their own names, or are simply known as Division Awards. (Prior to 1954, the awards were called the Billy DeBeck Memorial Award--the Barneys, for short--and the recipient received an engraved silver cigarette box. In 1954, the award name was changed, and all of the prior winners were given Reuben statuettes.)
The Hay Award, started in 1990, is named after Louise Hay. This award is given out for "Contributions to Mathematics Education".
The cartoonist named "Gross" might refer to Milt Gross. He wrote several comic strips that were published in newspapers and worked with Screen Gems and Disney Studios.
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They are named after Matt Groening's family, except for Bart which was an anagram of Brat.
Yes, Wilbur Franks had an award named after him called the Wilbur R. Franks Award. This award is presented by the Aerospace Medical Association for outstanding contributions to aerospace medicine.
The Tony Award was named after Antoinette Perry, who was in the American Theater Wing. She was an actress and the Tony Awards are her namesake.
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