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Dreyfuss honored in NY for education initiative

Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:29 AM EDT
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FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2008 file photo, Richard Dreyfuss poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss is receiving the 2010 Empire State Archives and History Award for his efforts to improve civics education in America's schools. According to the Archives Partnership Trust, the actor is scheduled to receive the award in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday night, Sept. 28, 2010, following a public discussion with nationally prominent Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

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NY — Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss has received the 2010 Empire State Archives and History Award for his efforts to improve civics education in America's schools.

According to the Archives Partnership Trust, the award ceremony was part of a public discussion with nationally prominent Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer held Tuesday night in Albany, N.Y.

Dreyfuss launched The Dreyfuss Initiative last year to spur interest in strengthening American democracy by promoting civics education. His films include "Jaws" and "The Goodbye Girl," for which he won an Academy Award for best actor.

Other recipients of the award include actor Sam Waterston and historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The Archives Partnership Trust is a non-profit that supports the New York State Archives.

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