1978 Recipients
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Rt Revd Cuthbert Bardlsey CBE, Bishop of Coventry from 1956 to 1976
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Professor Joan Browne CBE, JP - Principal, Coventry College of Education 1948 to 1975
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Mr Jack Jones MBE, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union
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Mr Phillip Larkin CBE, Poet and Librarian of the University of Hull
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Mr Walter Chinn OBE, Director of Education for Coventry from 1947 to 1969
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Sir Stanley Harley DL, industrialist, Managing Director, Coventry Gauge and ~Tool Ltd