Walter Cronkite receives Bradford Washburn Award

U.S. Astronaut James A. Lovell (L) presents the Bradford Washburn Award to CBS correspondent Walter Cronkite as D. Reid Weedon Jr., President of the Boston Museum of Science (2nd from left) and Bradford Washburn Director of the Museum look on during presentation ceremony, on November 21, 1971. The Washburn Award was presented to the veteran journalist for increasing public understanding and appreciation of science. Presentation took place during the Museum?s 140th Anniversary Dinner. (UPI Photo/Files).