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Heroes II: The Return

Peter Yeldham did a great deal of original research, helped by Lee Robinson who had previously made a film on the same story, The Highest Honor (1982).


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Aurora Karamzina

She was made a dame of the Order of Saint Catherine, the highest honor for ladies in Imperial Russia.

Burton Tansky

Award in 2005 from the Museum of Arts and Design, the 2004 Gold Medal Award from the National Retail Federation (considered the highest honor in retailing), and, in 2002, appointment as a “Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur” by the French government for his promotion of French-made merchandise in America.

Cecilia R. Aragon

On July 9, 2009, Aragon received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Chitresh Das

In 2009, Pandit Das was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed on a traditional artist by the U.S. Government.

Clarence Gaines

Before a capacity crowd of 24,000, he received the designation of "Kentucky Colonel" from Governor Ernie Fletcher, the highest honor a native son of the State of Kentucky can receive.

Erzsi Kovács

She was awarded the highest honor in Hungary, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.

Gladys Spellman

She was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in 1967 and was awarded the highest honor that could be bestowed by county officials nationwide when she became the first woman elected president of the National Association of Counties in 1972.

Gordon B. Hinckley

He received the Silver Buffalo Award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America, and was honored by the National Conference for Community and Justice for his contributions to tolerance and understanding in the world.

John W. Douglas

He earned his undergraduate degree in 1943 from Princeton University, where he received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest honor bestowed on an undergraduate.

John W. Hutchinson

It has been announced that Hutchinson has been selected as the 2012 winner of the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring, the highest honor awarded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt.

Julian C. Josey, Jr.

On October 15, 2013, Dr. Josey was presented with the Order of Palmetto, the highest honor in South Carolina, by South Carolina House Representatives Rita Allison and Eddie Tallon on behalf of Governor Nikki Haley.

Kathie L. Olsen

In 2005, Olsen was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit the Highest honor bestowed by the King of Norway to non-Norwegians.

Lorn Brown

Brown's career included working alongside such baseball broadcasters as Harry Caray, Bob Uecker, and Bob Murphy, each a recipient of the prestigious Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor in the field.

Nicholas I of Montenegro

King Nikolas and the Kingdom of Montenegro are remembered briefly in F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby, where its eponymous main character reminisces on how for his accomplishments and heroic endeavors during the First World War the King confers unto him the highest honor of the Kingdom the Orderi di Danilo.

Peter Valance

This award, which is the highest honor in the international magic community, was also given to David Copperfield, Siegfried & Roy and Criss Angel.

Randy Campbell

He was also the recipient of the prestigious Cliff Hare Award which is the highest honor given to a student/athlete at Auburn University for leadership, integrity, scholastic and athletic achievement.

Renée Miller

She received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their careers.

Roberto Dañino

He was awarded the Order of the Sun (Gran Cruz) in 2003, which is the highest honor bestowed on a Peruvian citizen.

In 2003 he was awarded the Order of the Sun (Gran Cruz), which is the highest honor bestowed on a Peruvian citizen.

Russell Maryland

Prior to his graduation from Miami, Russell was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor bestowed by the university.

Stein Eriksen

He was knighted with the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for his contribution to Norway, the highest honor that the Norwegian government can give to people living outside Norway.

Thomas Joseph King

They were awarded in 1972 the highest honor of the French Academy: the Gran Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer of the Académie des Sciences, Institut de France and were the first Americans to be so honored.

William Bowie Medal

The award is the highest honor given by the AGU and is named in honor of William Bowie, one of the co-founders of the Union.

Wu Ting-yu

In 1982, Wu graduated with the highest honor from the National Academy of Arts (later renamed as National Taiwan University of Arts).