a214  1118  23 Jun 89
AM-BRF--Japan-Prize,0155
Two Americans, Soviet Receive Kyoto Prize
    TOKYO (AP) - Two Americans and a Soviet will receive the Kyoto Prize
for significant contributions to technology, basic sciences, and
culture, it was announced Friday.
    Amos Edward Joel Jr. of Philadelphia, formerly of Bell Telephone
Laboratories, was selected in the field of advanced technology for
his work in electronic switching for telecommunications networks.
    Composer John Cage of Boston took the creative arts and moral
sciences award for his pioneering efforts in introducing non-Western
musical ideas into Western music.
    Soviet scholar Izrail Moiseevich Gelfand was awarded the basic
science prize for his contributions to mathematics.
    The Inamori Foundation, founded by Kyocera Corp. Chairman Kazuo
Inamori, which administers the Kyoto Prize, said the prize honors
researchers who have ''contributed significantly to the scientific,
cultural and spiritual development of mankind.''
    Each of the prize recipients will receive $320,000 in an ceremony
Nov. 10 in Kyoto, in western Japan, the foundation said.
    
 
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