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First given in 1981, this prize honors Ray Allen Billington, OAH President (1962-1963) and prolific writer about American frontiers. A three-member committee, chosen by the OAH President for a two-year term, selects the winner who receives $1000. The first award was made posthumously to John D. Unruh who died in 1976. [1]
Allen was born as Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo in Brooklyn, New York City on July 3, 1926, [3] to Julia (née Riccio), a seamstress and hairdresser and Joseph Abruzzo, an opera singer and chauffeur, whose brothers acted in vaudeville. [4] At the age of 25, she played Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore. [5] Rae Allen trained at the HB Studio [6] in New ...
Ray Allen: Surtees-Chevrolet: 6 Fuel pressure Ret Graham McRae: McRae-Chevrolet: 5 Engine Ret Ian Ashley: Lola-Chevrolet: 4 Accident Ret Jackie Oliver: Shadow-Ford: 1 Clutch Ret Emerson Fittipaldi: Lotus-Ford: 1 Clutch
Formula Ford Duratec. Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single-seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula Ford has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone into formula ...
New York City, U.S. Genres. Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal. Occupation (s) Singer. Years active. 1978–1993. Raymond Arthur Gillen (May 12, 1959 – December 1, 1993) was an American rock singer. He is best known for his work with Badlands, in addition to his stint with Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s and recording most of the vocals on ...
Ray Allen Billington (September 28, 1903 in Bay City, Michigan - March 7, 1981 in San Marino, California) was an American historian who researched the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defenders of Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" from the 1950s to the 1970s, expanding the field of the history of the American West.