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4 unusual facts about J. William Fulbright


James Fulbright

J. William Fulbright (1905–1995), U.S. Senator from Arkansas, promoter of the Fulbright Program of educational grants

Joseph A. Gavagan

His bill was never passed because Claude Pepper, J. William Fulbright and the other Southern Congressman were able to block it.

Jürgen Mulert

As a former Fulbright Fellow, he believed in Senator J. William Fulbright's idea of "waging peace through understanding".

Otis Murphy

Murphy has won numerous awards and prizes which include: 2nd Prize in the Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition (1998) in Belgium, 3rd Prize in the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition (1996) in France, 1st Prize in the Heida Hermanns Young Artist Competition, 2nd Prize in the St. Louis Symphony Young Artist Competition, and the J. William Fulbright Grant that allowed saxophone study in France.


Fulbright–Hays Act of 1961

It was marshalled by United States Senator J. William Fulbright (D-AR) and enacted by the 87th United States Congress on September 21, 1961, the same month the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Peace Corps Act of 1961 were enacted.


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LeAnne Howe

In 2010-2011, Howe was a J. William Fulbright Scholar in Amman, Jordan where she taught American Indian and American literatures at the University of Jordan, Amman.