4th Tony Awards - Special Awards

Special Awards

  • Maurice Evans, for work he did in guiding the City Center Theatre Company through a highly successful season
  • Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt presented a special award to volunteer worker Philip Faversham of the American Theatre Wing's hospital program
  • Brock Pemberton, founder of Tony Awards and its original chairman (posthumous)
  • Stage Technician, Joe Lynn, master propertyman (Miss Liberty)

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