Awards and Later Life
DuMont was the first to provide funding for educational television broadcasting. He was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, among them the Cross of Knight awarded by the French Government, the Horatio Alger Award, the Westinghouse Award, and the DeForest Medal.
DuMont died in 1965 and is buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Montclair, New Jersey. The television center at Montclair State University bears his name and home to the New Jersey Public Television.
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