formal hearings into Pregel's financial dealings. The case was settled out of court but Pregel and the other defendants paid over $1 million in cash and other assets to settle. Furthermore, Pregel agreed to terminate his agency agreement between Eldorado and the Canadian Radium & Uranium Corp. He served as president and board chairman of the New York Academy of Sciences, as president of the French University (Ecole Libre) in New York, as trustee of the New School for Social Research and as vice-president of the American Geographical Society. He received several honorary degrees and foreign decorations. Pregel founded the Boris Pregel Awards for science, awarded by the New York Academy of Sciences. References External links Photo Dialogue for a play 1893 births 1976 deaths Manhattan Project people American mining businesspeople Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni University of Liège alumni