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The Eugene R. Gannon Award for the Continued Pursuit of Human Advancement is an award for success in various fields of academia named after deceased Vietnam veteran Eugene R. Gannon Jr. The award has one finalist in each of the fields of philosophy arts or humanities and mathematics or natural sciences and then selects a single winner. A cash prize is donated to the charity of the winner’s choice.The 2009 recipient was Nick Bostrom Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford.