James Matheson received an award in 2011 which was named after someone who died in October 1954.
James Matheson (born 1970 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American composer. 
 In December 2011, he received the Charles Ives Living from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an award providing him with $100,000 for two years (2012-2014). 
Charles Edward Ives ( ; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer. 
