This award was named in memory of the blacklisted prominent actor and Actors' Equity Association worker Philip Loeb, who committed suicide in 1955 after losing his craft to McCarthyism. The award honors an Equity member "who has performed a unique and outstanding service on behalf of his or her fellow members and whose quality of service, ideas and contribution has set him or her apart from others; someone who truly perpetuates the legacy inherited from Philip Loeb."Equity News, September 1986 (pg. 3) Recipients William RossNew York Times Iggie Wolfington Florida FriebusEquity News, September 1986 (pg. 3) Edith MeiserEquity News, September 1986 (pg. 3)
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