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(written from a Production point of view)
Ira Graves: Humanoid of the Year
For the in-universe character, please see Dent Arthur Dent.
According to set dressing created for TNG: "The Schizoid Man", Arthur Dent was the vice president for android production for the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
Dent's signature was on a certificate naming Ira Graves as "humanoid of the year" in gratitude for his contributions to the Proxima Centauri Interplanetary Bowling League (and also their marching band).
The certificate was not seen on screen, but depicted in Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission (p. 76).
Dent is a tribute to The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.