Awards and Recognition
- 1978 – Bust of Eric Hoffer by sculptor Jonathan Hirschfeld; commissioned by Charles Kittrell and placed in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
- 1983, February 13 – Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Ronald Reagan.
- 1985, September 17 – Skygate unveiling in San Francisco; dedication speech by Eric Sevareid.
- 2001, January 1 – The Eric Hoffer Award for books and prose launched internationally.
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“I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living.”
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