胡舒立获得麦格塞塞奖

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VOA Chinese, July 31, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/hushu ... 140731/1969102.html
("同时将获得该奖的还有中国的王灿发" and three others in other Asian nations)

Note: "麦格塞塞奖由纽约洛克菲勒兄弟基金会的信託人出资创立，纪念已故的菲律宾总统拉蒙•麦格塞塞。该奖每年颁给致力于改善社会的亚洲杰出人士和组织"
(a) About. Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, undated
www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/the_foundation/about
("The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation was created in 1957, the year the Philippines lost in a plane crash a President * * * Among the many friends and admirers of the late President around the world were the Rockefeller brothers. With the concurrence of the Philippine government, the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) established the Award to honor his memory and perpetuate his example of integrity in public service and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. Supported with a generous endowment from the RBF, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) was organized in Manila in May 1957")

Each winner (or awardee) is honoured with $50,000 prize money.
(b) Rockefeller Brothers Fund
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Brothers_Fund
(set up in New York City in 1940; five Rockefeller brothers: John D Rockefeller, III, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop and David, and is distinct from the Rockefeller Foundation, which is more independent from family control)
(c) Magsaysay
dictionary.reference.com/browse/ramón+magsaysay
(Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc 2014)