The Historic 1941 Paley Award
Defines Marshall H. Ensor, W9BSP

1941 Paley Award designed by Artist Alexander Calder.
Tilt-Top Table and Lazy Susan designed by Marshall H.
Ensor. Original CBS News Release framed. Photo of
Instructor Ensor at 1929 start of Code Lessons.
Marshall H. Ensor W9BSP
Mrs. Ina Ensor W9TRY
Miss. Loretta Ensor W9UA

William S. Paley bestowed special awards during special ceremonies attended by dignitaries from the military, news groups, and probably officials of government. Paley, with the help of a nominating committee of representatives from such groups selected individual members of the Amateur Radio Service who showed initiative and leadership while working to provide communications during times of disaster when other communications failed.

1937 is when Mr. Paley chose to honor the first radio amateur, Walter Stiles Jr. of Coudersport, PA. for heroic efforts in the 1936 Alleghany River floods.

The second winner was Robert T. Anderson of Harrisburg, Illinois, for communications work in the Ohio River floods of 1937.

W. E. Burgiss of Westerly, R.I. provided emergency radio work during the hurricane and tidal wave in 1938.

No suitable candidate for the award, as then constituted, was found for 1939. The scope was then broadened to include outstanding work done by an amateur during any time in the past.

For this honor, Marshall H. Ensor was a perfect fit. The welfare of his country was measurably improved by the boost of new amateurs due to his superior methods of teaching through the use of his hand made reliable and powerful transmitter coupled with proven teaching ability. The American Radio Relay League credited Marshall for teaching better than all others. This was done from the radio room inside the Dairy Farm home he had grown up on just South of Olathe, Kansas.

CBS News items, Letters, Telegrams, Newspaper clippings, Photos and Other items:


NY trip

Loretta at
ARRL headquarters 1941

M.E. with Paley Award

Our plane to Detroit

W3EVK Peter Balter
blind operaror
piano tuner

Paley document

CBS Feature-This Years Award

CBS Features-Oddities

CBS Features-Oddities

Paley Award
Ceremonies transcript

Paley Award Ceremony

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Memento Page

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Telegram from Teacher College

C of C Dinner letter

Draft of reply to C of C pg1

Draft of reply to C of C pg2

Harlen Harper letter p1

Harlan Harper letter p2

1933 Bob Anderson letter

1933 Bob Anderson letter

ARRL nomination letter

KC Star photo

KC Star
March 11, 1941

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Ensor receiving award
from VP Keston

Olathe Mayor Harrtley congratulates Ensor

Wilson Burgess
1938 Paley Award Winner

Defense Dept needs radio ops

N Y Daily Mirror Born Great

HARC Newsletter 6-19-41

H.A.R.C. letter

Floyd Martin W9ZOH

Governer letter

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