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Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the President of the United States and is, along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress, the highest civilian award in the U.S. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially...
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Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in several classic films of the 1930s, most notably in the 1936 film My Man Godfrey. She is listed as one of the American...
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Walt Disney

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in...
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1934
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Oscar for Animated Short Film
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The Tortoise and the Hare
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1935
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Oscar for Animated Short Film
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Three Orphan Kittens
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1936
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Oscar for Animated Short Film
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The Country Cousin
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James Stewart

James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for...
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1940
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Oscar for Best Actor
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The Philadelphia Story
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Role: Mike Connor

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Armed Forces Reserve Medal
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James Cagney

James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked...
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1942
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Oscar for Best Actor
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Role: George M. Cohan

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1984
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz

Gero von Schulze-Gävernitz (b. Freiburg, Germany, September 27, 1901 - d. Canary Islands, April 6, 1970) was a German economist. He became a crucial assistant of Allen Welsh Dulles in Europe and was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in...
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1945
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John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and progressivism. His books on economic...
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1946
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William Stephenson

Sir William Samuel Stephenson, CC, MC, DFC (January 23, 1897 – January 31, 1989) was a Canadian soldier, airman, businessperson, inventor, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during...
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1946
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Horacio de la Costa

Horacio de la Costa, was the first Filipino Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, and a recognized authority in Philippine and Asian culture and history. A brilliant writer, scholar, and historian, Horacio de la Costa was...
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1946
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Thomas Francis, Jr.

Thomas Francis, Jr. (July 15, 1900 – Template:1969-10-01) was an American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist. Francis was the first person to isolate influenza virus in America, and in 1940 showed that there are other strains of influenza,...
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1946
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1947
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Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
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For contributions to our total knowledge of influenza, and the development of a vaccine effective against types A and B successfully used during World War II.

Théodore-Lafleur Bullock

Théodore Lafleur "Ted" Bullock (May 27, 1901 – October 8, 1972) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal 22e Régiment. He was born in Roxton Pond, Quebec, Canada. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1946. Divorced from his first wife,...
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1946
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Nathaniel P. Davis

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1946
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Andrew Berry

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1946
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Homer Morrison Byington

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1946
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Henry Rigby

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1947
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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James A. Michener

James Albert Michener (pronounced /ˈmɪtʃnər/) (February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which are novels of sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in a particular geographic...
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1948
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Tales of the South Pacific
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Jan 10, 1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1981
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St. Louis Literary Award
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Charles Gairdner

General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB (1898 – 8 May 1983) was a British Army general during World War II and was Governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, and Governor of Tasmania from 1963 to 1968. He was born in Batavia ...
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1948
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Frank Horton Berryman

Lieutenant General Sir Frank Horton Berryman, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO (11 April 1894 – 28 May 1981) was an Australian Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general during World War II. The son of an engine driver, he entered Duntroon in 1913....
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1948
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Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912  – November 16, 2006) was an American economist, statistician, and public intellectual, and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He is known best among scholars for his theoretical and empirical...
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1951
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John Bates Clark Medal
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1976
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Nobel Prize in Economics
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Consumption
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1988
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National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science
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For his theoretical contributions, and for application, of the principles of scientific empirical and statistical methods to the field of economics and the social sciences, and to problems critical to the Nation in general.
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George Mardikian

George Magar Mardikian (November 7, 1903-October 23, 1977) was an Armenian-American restaurateur, chef, author and philanthropist who opened the well-known Omar Khayyam’s restaurant in San Francisco, California in 1938. George Mardikian was born on...
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1951
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson started her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of...
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1952
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National Book Award for Nonfiction
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The Sea Around Us
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1980
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929(1929-05-04) – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Born in Ixelles as Audrey Kathleen Ruston, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem, Netherlands,...
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1953
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Oscar for Best Actress
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Roman Holiday
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Role: Princess Anne

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1990
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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1992
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Hank Aaron

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the years 1954 through 1976. Aaron is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In...
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1957
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2002
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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29 , 1917 – November 22 , 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy , was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Major events...
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1957
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
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Profiles in Courage
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1963
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Joshua Lederberg

Joshua Lederberg (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration. He was just 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
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1958
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Genetic recombination
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"for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria"

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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1989
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National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
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For his work in bacterial genetics and immune cell single type antibody production; for his seminal research in artificial intelligence in biochemistry and medicine; and for his extensive advisory role in government, industry and international organizations that address themselves to the societal role of science.

Van Cliburn

Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (born July 12, 1934), is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War...
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1958
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International Tchaikovsky Competition
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1960
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
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Kiril Kondrashin,
Symphony of the Air
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1959
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
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Kiril Kondrashin,
Symphony of the Air
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to and addressed by his surname, Mies, by his colleagues, students, writers, and others. Ludwig...
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1959
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Royal Gold Medal
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1963
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Charlton Heston

Heston was born John Charles Carter in No Man's Land, an unincorporated area between Evanston and Wilmette, Illinois, the son of Lilla (née Charlton) and Russell Whitford Carter, a mill operator. (However, the 1930 Census for Richfield,...
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1959
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Oscar for Best Actor
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Ben-Hur
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Role: Judah Ben-Hur

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1967
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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2003
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Arnold Palmer

Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10, 1929) is an American golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back...
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1960
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Sportsman of the Year
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2004
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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A. M. Rosenthal

Abraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal (May 2, 1922 – May 10, 2006), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, was a New York Times executive editor (1977-88) and columnist (1987-1999) and New York Daily News columnist (1999-2004). He joined the New York...
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1960
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
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For his perceptive and authoritative reporting from Poland. Mr. Rosenthal's subsequent expulsion from the country was attributed by Polish government spokesmen to the depth his reporting into Polish affairs, there being no accusation of false reporting.

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2002
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Harper Lee

Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American author known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007. Nelle Harper Lee was born...
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1961
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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2007
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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2007
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Quill Award for Audio book
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the first and only Hispanic female and one of ten performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony and at the time the second Puerto Rican to...
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1961
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Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
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West Side Story
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Role: Anita

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2004
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1978
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
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The Rockford Files
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James D. Watson

James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American molecular biologist, best known as one of the two co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, with Francis Crick in 1953. Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were...
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1962
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Francis Crick,
Maurice Wilkins
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Nucleic acid
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"for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"

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1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1960
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Maurice Wilkins,
Francis Crick
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For their contribution in revealing the structure of the DNA model.
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Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1990s. His notable performances included that of...
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1962
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Oscar for Best Actor
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Role: Atticus Finch

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1969
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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1969
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Walter Cronkite

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as...
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1962
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Peabody Award
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CBS News
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a Personal Award.

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1980
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Peabody Award
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CBS News
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A Personal Award for excellence in broadcast journalism

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1981
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Lewis Mumford

Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian and philosopher of technology and science. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a tremendously broad career as a writer that also...
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1962
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National Book Award for Nonfiction
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The City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects
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1961
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Royal Gold Medal
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1964
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Bob Hope

Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and...
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1963
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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1943
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Peabody Award
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a Personal Award

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1957
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Peabody Award
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NBC
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a Personal Award
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Edwin H. Land

Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in...
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1963
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1967
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National Medal of Science for Engineering
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For many discoveries and inventions in the field of polarized light, rapid photography, including quick processing of the final photograph, for the development of a unique theory of color vision, and for contributions to national defense.

Jean Monnet

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (9 November 1888 – 16 March 1979) is regarded by many as a chief architect of European Unity. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected...
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1963
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Felix Frankfurter

Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born on November 15, 1882 in Vienna, Austria, third of six children of Leopold and Emma (Winter) Frankfurter. His...
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1963
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he...
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1964
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Nobel Peace Prize
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2004
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Congressional Gold Medal of Honor
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1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Reinhold Niebuhr

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American theologian. A Protestant, he is best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy. He was an important...
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1964
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Theodore Hesburgh

The Rev. Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC, STD (born May 25, 1917), a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. He is the namesake for TIAA-CREF's Hesburgh Award. Hesburgh grew up in Syracuse and...
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1964
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, broke through the...
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Sep 14, 1964
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1964
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera...
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1966
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2003
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Gary Becker

Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an American economist and a Nobel laureate. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Becker earned a B.A. at Princeton University in 1951 and a Ph.D. at The University of Chicago in 1955. He taught at Columbia...
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1967
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John Bates Clark Medal
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1992
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Nobel Prize in Economics
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Human capital,
Rotten kid theorem
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"for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including nonmarket behaviour"

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2007
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Robert McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968. Following that he served as President of...
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1968
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Will Durant

William James Durant (5 November 1885 – 7 November 1981) was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for the 11-volume The Story of Civilization, written in collaboration with his wife Ariel and published between...
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1968
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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Ariel Durant
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The Story of Civilization
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1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Ariel Durant

Ariel Durant, born Chaya Kaufman, (10 May 1898 – 25 October 1981) was the co-author of The Story of Civilization. Durant was born in Proskurov, (now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine) to Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman. The family emigrated to the United...
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1968
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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Will Durant
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The Story of Civilization
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1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American...
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1969
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Oscar for Best Actor
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True Grit
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Role: Rooster Cogburn

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1966
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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1980
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Norman Borlaug

Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been deemed the father of the Green Revolution. Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize,...
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1970
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Nobel Peace Prize
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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2004
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National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
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For his success in breeding semi-dwarf, disease-resistant high-yield wheat and instructing farmers in its cultivation under harsh growing conditions, thus providing a new high-quality food source for millions of people around the world.
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B.B. King

Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and guitar playing. Critical acclaim and widespread popularity have cemented his...
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1970
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Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
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Thrill Is Gone
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2002
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Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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Auld Lang Syne
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2000
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Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
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Dr. John
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Is You Is, or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
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Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt) (born November 22, 1943, in Long Beach, California) is a tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King...
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1972
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Sportsman of the Year
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John Wooden
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2009
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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John Wooden

John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910) is a retired American basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a coach (class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both...
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x Year:
1972
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Sportsman of the Year
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Billie Jean King
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2003
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Lowell Thomas

Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveller best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. So varied were Thomas's activities that when it came time for the Library of...
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x Year:
1973
x Award:
Peabody Award
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a Personal Award.

x Year:
1976
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Lady Bird Johnson

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for beautification of...
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1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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James J. Caffrey

James J. Caffrey (Indianapolis, Indiana, September 3, 1900 – Washington,D.C, October 11, 1999) served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1946 and 1947 and also served as a member from 1945-1947.In 1953 president...
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1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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William Safire

William Lewis Safire (December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriter. He was perhaps best known as a long-time syndicated political columnist for the New York Times and a regular...
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1978
x Award:
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
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For commentary on the Bert Lance affair.

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2006
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Awarded by George W. Bush

Lucille Ball

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and...
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1979
x Award:
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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x Year:
1989
x Award:
Presidential Medal of Freedom
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x Year:
1968
x Award:
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series
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The Lucy Show
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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Duke Ellington became one of the most influential artists in the history of recorded music, and is largely recognized as one of...
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x Year:
1979
x Award:
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition
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x Year:
1976
x Award:
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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The Ellington Suites
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x Year:
1972
x Award:
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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Toga Brava Suite
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Herblock

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author. During the course of his long career, he won three Pulitzer Prizes (1942, 1954, 1979), the Presidential Medal...
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x Year:
1979
x Award:
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
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x Notes/Description:
For the body of his work.

x Year:
1954
x Award:
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
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For a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, 'You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph.'

x Year:
1942
x Award:
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
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For 'British Plane'
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