France Honors Dr. Armand Hammer
Associated Press
PARIS —
American industrialist Dr. Armand Hammer was decorated Wednesday with one of France’s highest awards for contributions to the arts.
Culture Minister Jack Lang made Hammer, the 90-year-old chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp., commander of arts and letters in a ceremony at the Culture Ministry. Lang noted that Hammer spent nine years in the Soviet Union amassing a collection of 18th-Century French furniture and rare French china.
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