The first large-scale trial evaluating the efficacy of BCG was conducted from 1956 to 1963, and involved 54, 239 school children who received BCG at the age of 14 or 15 ; this study showed an efficacy of 84 % up to five years after immunization.

He attended the University of Chicago, where he participated in the Ryerson Astronomical Society, received a bachelor of arts in self-proclaimed " nothing " with general and special honors in 1954, a bachelor of science in physics in 1955, and a master of science in physics in 1956 before earning a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics in 1960.

Born in Durham, North Carolina, he attended Duke University, graduating in 1953, and he received a Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics ( Computer Science ) from Harvard University in 1956.

Planning for his enlistment, the family returned to Fort Worth in July 1956, and he re-enrolled in 10th grade for the September session at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, but quit in October to join the Marines ( see below ); he never received a high school diploma.

In 1956, the Chinese Taoist Association was formed, and received official approval in 1957.

" In 1955 and 1956, she received, first, a Tony Award for Peter Pan, and then an Emmy for appearing in the same role on television.

Born in Colombo, Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) to British parents, he received his Bachelor's degree in Classics from the University of Oxford ( Merton College ) in 1956.

In the week before the convention opened, Kennedy received two new challengers when Lyndon B. Johnson, the powerful Senate Majority Leader from Texas, and Adlai Stevenson, the party's nominee in 1952 and 1956, officially announced their candidacies ( they had both privately been working for the nomination for some time ).

However political rights were not granted to the Africans until 1956 when a small group received the franchise and the economy remained relatively undeveloped despite the mineral wealth of Katanga.

In between these two presidential bids, Senator Humphrey was part of the free-for-all for the vice-presidential nomination at the 1956 Democratic National Convention, where he received 134 votes on the first ballot and 74 on the second.

After Diamonds are Forever was published in 1956 Fleming received a letter from Bond enthusiast and gun expert Geoffrey Boothroyd, criticising his choice of firearm for Bond.

In 1956, Lockheed received a contract for the development of the Polaris Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile ( SLBM ), this would be followed by the Poseidon and Trident nuclear missiles.

He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 and 1956 ; both times he was defeated by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Derrida received a grant for studies at Harvard University, and he spent the 1956 – 7 academic year reading Joyce's Ulysses at the Widener Library.

Tolkien claimed to be genuinely surprised when, in March 1956, he received a letter from one Sam Gamgee, who had heard that his name was in The Lord of the Rings but had not read the book.

It has solidly favored the Republican candidate since, at least, 1956 when Dwight D. Eisenhower received approximately 90 % of the vote.

Gary, who had already received the prize in 1956 for Les racines du ciel, published La vie devant soi under the pseudonym of Émile Ajar in 1975.

Following a succession of average westerns and the poorly received Foreign Intrigue ( 1956 ), Mitchum starred in the first of three films with British actress Deborah Kerr.

In 1956 Adlai Stevenson reportedly received over 96 % of the county's vote.

Shankar heard about the positive response Khan received and resigned from AIR in 1956 to tour the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

In 1956, the Ocala area Thoroughbred industry received a boost when Needles became the first Florida-bred to win the Kentucky Derby.

Park Ridge obtained a portion of River Vale ( July 15, 1929 ), exchanged portions with Woodcliff Lake ( December 12, 1955 ), received part of Washington Township ( November 26, 1956 ), exchanged portions with Hillsdale ( February 10, 1958 ) and Woodcliff Lake ( June 9, 1958 ) and received another part of Washington Township ( August 11, 1958 ).

Ozu's films were most favorably received from the late 1940s, with works such as Late Spring, 1949, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, 1952, Tokyo Story, 1953 — considered to be his masterpiece — Early Spring, 1956, Equinox Flower, 1958, his first film in colour, Floating Weeds, 1959 and Late Autumn, 1960.

His two-year sentence was commuted to twelve months after it was confirmed by Belgian lawyer Jules Chrome that Lumumba had returned the funds, and he was released in July 1956.

Johnson, the subject of the movie The Last American Hero ( a. k. a. Hard Driver ), was convicted in 1956 for making whiskey and served 11 months of a two-year sentence.

All of this took a toll on her career, as did a two-year hiatus after the birth of her daughter in 1956.

Tatung Institute of Technology was formally established in 1956 and began to offer two-year college programs.

In 1956, the Institute received a state charter to become a two-year, degree-granting institution under the name of Roger Williams Junior College.

Founded in 1956 by Jacques Lecoq, the school is a professional two-year course.

A United Nations scholarship encouraged Shields to spend a junior year abroad 1955 – 1956 at the University of Exeter in England.

He then received a full scholarship to Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Student Advisers and graduated in 1956.

He came to the United States in 1956 on a scholarship to study at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

In 1956 Schama won a scholarship to the independent Haberdashers ' Aske's Boys ' School in Cricklewood, ( from 1961 Elstree, Herts.

Thereafter he won a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied from 1956 to 1959, receiving in 1960 his BLitt degree from the University of Oxford.

Since 1956, the SEG Foundation scholarship program has been an acknowledged symbol of excellence for geoscience students around the world.

Sen's academic record was relatively mediocre, and in May 1956 the authorities withdrew his scholarship due to his continued participation in political activity.

He won a scholarship to the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1953 and worked as an actor between 1956 and 1964.

He was the first African-American student to attend Cornwall, and later became one of only four African-American students in his class at Yale University, from which he graduated in 1956, also after receiving a scholarship.

He signed with the Orioles on April 7, 1956 after declining a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley.

Williams was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and attended Memorial University of Newfoundland earning a diploma in Engineering and a B. Sc degree ( 1956 ) and a M. Sc degree ( 1958 ) on a Dominion Command scholarship.

After taking up a scholarship to study film at UCLA in 1956, Sjöman worked with George Seaton on The Proud and Profane.

Following law school he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship and attended St John's College, Oxford receiving a BA in 1951 and an MA in 1956.

The Comparative and International Education Society ( CIES ) was founded in 1956 to foster " cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement, and societal development through the international study of educational ideas, systems, and practices.

In 1956 Barnes graduated from high school with 26 athletic scholarship offers.

In 1956, Woodworth was first recipient of the American Psychological Foundation gold medal for “ Distinguished and continuous service to scholarship and research in psychology and for contributions to the growth of psychology though the medium of scientific publication ” ( p. 689 )

After attending Nottingham High School ( 1956 – 1964 ), he won a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford ( 1964-1968 ), graduating with a first-class honours degree in Greats ( Classics ) in 1968, followed by a fellowship at All Souls ( 1968-1975 ).