In , she returned to the stage with The Trip to the Bountiful , and was awarded the Tony Award for best leading actress. Tyson received the Kennedy Center Honors in Widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, Berra was an time All-Star and time World Series Champion who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Berra, a lifelong ambassador for inclusion in sports, put his professional career on hold to join the Navy during World War II, where he fought with Allied forces on D-Day and eventually earned a Purple Heart.
Bonnie Carroll Bonnie Carroll is a life-long public servant who has devoted her life to caring for our military and veterans. After her husband, Brigadier General Tom Carroll, died in an Army C plane crash in , Carroll founded the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors TAPS , which provides comprehensive support to those impacted by the death of their military hero, bringing healing comfort and compassionate care to the living legacies of our nation's service and sacrifice.
Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm made history in by becoming the first African-American woman elected to Congress, beginning the first of seven terms in the House of Representatives. In she became one of the founding members of what would become the Congressional Black Caucus. She also made history becoming the first major-party African-American female candidate to make a bid for the U.
She was a champion of minority education and employment opportunities throughout her tenure in Congress. Emilio Estefan Emilio Estefan is a passionate and visionary music producer, entrepreneur, author, and songwriter who has won nineteen Grammy Awards and influenced a generation of artists.
As the founding member of the Miami Sound Machine, and later through a decades-long career producing and shaping the work of countless stars, Estefan has helped popularize Latin music around the world.
Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan is a singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur who introduced Latin music to a global audience. Estefan became one of the first mainstream Hispanic artists to crossover between English and Spanish language music.
Billy Frank, Jr. His magnetic personality and tireless advocacy over more than 50 years made him a revered figure both domestically and abroad. Lee Hamilton Lee Hamilton has been one of the most influential voices on international relations and U. From to , he served Indiana in the U.
Katherine G. Johnson Katherine G. Johnson is a pioneer in American space history. Willie Mays Willie Mays was a professional baseball player, spending most of his 22 seasons as a center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants. Mays ended his career with home runs, making him the fifth all-time record-holder. Mays also served in the U. Barbara Mikulski Sen.
Mikulski is a lifelong public servant who has held elected office since She became the longest serving female Senator in , the longest serving woman in Congress in , and the first female Senator to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee in Previously a social worker and community activist, she championed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and helped establish the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health to include women in federally-funded health research protocols.
Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman is a treasured conductor and sought-after teacher. A native of Israel, he came to the United States at a young age and made his Carnegie Hall debut in when he was In addition to performing internationally and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Mr.
Perlman teaches talented young musicians through the Perlman Music Program alongside his wife Toby. Through his advocacy and his example, he has been an important voice on behalf of persons with disabilities. William Ruckelshaus William D. Ruckelshaus is a dedicated public servant who has worked tirelessly to protect public health and combat global challenges like climate change.
As the first and fifth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, he shaped the guiding principles of the agency. Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg is an American film director, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. A three-time Academy Award winner, Spielberg is widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Spielberg is the co-founder of DreamWorks Studios as well as the founder of the USC Shoah Foundation, an organization dedicated to overcoming intolerance and bigotry through the use of visual history testimony.
Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand is one of our nation's most gifted talents. Her body of work includes extraordinary singing, acting, directing, producing, songwriting, and she is one of the few performers to receive an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony. In , she became the first woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director. James Taylor As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 40 years, while setting a precedent to which countless young musicians have aspired.
Over the course of his celebrated songwriting and performing career, he has won multiple Grammy awards and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame. Minoru Yasui Minoru Yasui was a civil and human rights leader known for his continuous defense of the ideals of democracy embodied in our Constitution. Yasui challenged the constitutionality of a military curfew order during World War II on the grounds of racial discrimination, and spent nine months in solitary confinement during the subsequent legal battle.
In , the Supreme Court upheld the military curfew order. Yasui spent the rest of his life appealing his wartime conviction. The Ailey organization, based in New York City, carries on his pioneering legacy with performances, training, educational, and community programs for people of all backgrounds.
Isabel Allende Isabel Allende is a highly acclaimed author of 21 books that have sold 65 million copies in 35 languages. She has been recognized with numerous awards internationally. For decades, Mr. Brokaw has reached millions of Americans in living rooms across the country to provide depth and analysis to historic moments as they unfold, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the terrorist attacks of His reporting has been recognized by the Edward R. As African Americans were systematically being blocked from voter rolls, Mr.
Chaney, Mr. Goodman, and Mr. Schwerner joined hundreds of others working to register black voters in Mississippi. They were murdered at the outset of Freedom Summer. Their their efforts helped to inspire many of the landmark civil rights advancements that followed. Mildred Dresselhaus Mildred Dresselhaus is one of the most prominent physicists, materials scientists, and electrical engineers of her generation. A professor of physics and electrical engineering at MIT, she is best known for deepening our understanding of condensed matter systems and the atomic properties of carbon, which has contributed to major advances in electronics and materials research.
John Dingell John Dingell is a lifelong public servant, the longest serving Member of Congress in American history, and one of the most influential legislators in history. Dingell has fought for landmark pieces of legislation over the past six decades, from civil rights legislation in the s, to legislation protecting our environment in the s, to his persistent fight for health care, from Medicare to the Affordable Care Act. Dingell also served in the U. Army during World War II.
Ethel Kennedy Ethel Kennedy has dedicated her life to advancing the cause of social justice, human rights, environmental protection, and poverty reduction by creating countless ripples of hope to effect change around the world.
Over 45 years ago, she founded the Robert F. Suzan Harjo Suzan Harjo is a writer, curator, and activist who has advocated for improving the lives of Native peoples throughout her career. As a member of the Carter Administration and as current president of the Morning Star Institute, she has been a key figure in many important Indian legislative battles, including the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Abner Mikva Abner Mikva is a dedicated public servant who has served with distinction in all three branches of government. He has also served as a law professor at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. She was born and raised on Maui, became the first Japanese American female attorney in Hawai'i, and served in the Hawai'i territorial and state legislatures beginning in In , she became the first woman of color elected to Congress.
Edward Roybal posthumous Edward R. Roybal was the first Mexican-American to be elected to the U. House of Representatives from California in nearly a century. In , he founded the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, creating a national forum for Latino issues and opening doors for a new generation of Latino leaders.
He started his life on the links as a caddy and was formally excluded from the PGA for much of his career because of the color of his skin. He was inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame in Robert Solow Robert Solow is one of the most widely respected economists of the past sixty years.
His research in the s, s, and s transformed the field, laying the groundwork for much of modern economics. He continues to influence policy makers, demonstrating how smart investments, especially in new technology, can build broad-based prosperity, and he continues to actively participate in contemporary debates about inequality and economic growth.
Meryl Streep Meryl Streep is one of the most widely known and acclaimed actors in history. Streep has captured our imaginations with her unparalleled ability to portray a wide range of roles and attract an audience that has only grown over time, portraying characters who embody the full range of the human experience. She holds the record for most Academy Award nominations of any actor in history. Marlo Thomas Marlo Thomas is an award-winning actress, producer, best-selling author and social activist.
Thomas serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Wonder has created a sound entirely his own, mixing rhythm and blues with genres ranging from rock and roll to reggae, and demonstrating his mastery of a range of instruments, styles, and themes.
During his 19 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, he played in 11 All-Star Games, hit over home runs, and became the first National League player to win Most Valuable Player honors in back-to-back years. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in , his first year of eligibility. Ben Bradlee Ben Bradlee is one of the most respected newsmen of his generation.
During his tenure as executive editor of The Washington Post, Mr. Bradlee oversaw coverage of the Watergate scandal, successfully challenged the Federal Government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers, and guided the newspaper through some of its most challenging moments.
Following his second term, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote health and wellness, and protect the environment. Bush in Daniel Inouye Daniel Inouye was a lifelong public servant. Senator Inouye was the first Japanese American to serve in Congress, representing the people of Hawaii from the moment they joined the Union.
Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman is a pioneering scholar of psychology. Kahneman immigrated to Israel, where he served in the Israel Defense Forces and trained as a psychologist. Alongside Amos Tversky, he applied cognitive psychology to economic analysis, laying the foundation for a new field of research and earning the Nobel Prize in Economics in He is currently a professor at Princeton University. An internationally respected statesman, he is best known for his bipartisan leadership and decades-long commitment to reducing the threat of nuclear weapons.
He currently serves as President of the Lugar Center. Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is a country music legend. Raised in rural Kentucky, she emerged as one of the first successful female country music vocalists in the early s, courageously breaking barriers in an industry long dominated by men.
Mario Molina Mario Molina is a visionary chemist and environmental scientist. Born in Mexico, Dr. Molina came to America to pursue his graduate degree. He later earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how chlorofluorocarbons deplete the ozone layer. Sally Ride Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to travel to space. As a role model to generations of young women, she advocated passionately for science education, stood up for racial and gender equality in the classroom, and taught students from every background that there are no limits to what they can accomplish.
Ride also served in several administrations as an advisor on space exploration. Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin was an unyielding activist for civil rights, dignity, and equality for all. An advisor to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As an openly gay African American, Mr. Rustin stood at the intersection of several of the fights for equal rights. Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval is a celebrated jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. He defected to the United States in and later became an American citizen.
He has been awarded nine Grammy Awards and is widely considered one of the greatest living jazz artists. Ninety-six percent of his players graduated from college. Smith has also remained a dedicated civil rights advocate throughout his career. Vivian C. Vivian is a distinguished minister, author, and organizer. Patricia Wald Patricia Wald is one of the most respected appellate judges of her generation.
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey is one of the world's most successful broadcast journalists. She is best known for creating The Oprah Winfrey Show, which became the highest rated talk show in America for 25 years. Winfrey has long been active in philanthropic causes and expanding opportunities for young women.
She has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in and the Kennedy Center Honors in During her tenure, she worked to enlarge NATO and helped lead its campaign against terror and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, pursued peace in the Middle East and Africa, sought to reduce the dangerous spread of nuclear weapons, and was a champion of democracy, human rights, and good governance across the globe.
John Doar Doar was a legendary public servant and leader of federal efforts to protect and enforce civil rights during the s. He was instrumental during many major civil rights crises, including preventing a riot in Jackson, Mississippi following the funeral of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evars in Doar also led the effort to enforce the right to vote and implement the Voting Rights Act of Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century.
Releasing his first album in , his work influenced the civil rights movement of the s and has had significant impact on American culture over the past five decades. He has won 11 Grammys, including a lifetime achievement award. He has written more than songs, and his songs have been recorded more than 3, times by other artists.
William Foege A physician and epidemiologist, Foege helped lead the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the s. In , he was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth. After retiring from the Marine Corps, Glenn was elected to the U. Senate in Ohio in He was an architect and sponsor of the Nonproliferation Act and served as Chairman of the Senate Government Affairs committee from until In , Glenn became the oldest person to visit space at the age of As an undergraduate at the University of Washington, he refused the order to report for evacuation to an internment camp, instead turning himself in to the FBI to assert his belief that these practices were racially discriminatory.
Consequently, he was convicted by a U. Federal District Court in Seattle of defying the exclusion order and violating curfew. He worked as a courier, entering the Warsaw ghetto and the Nazi Izbica transit camp, where he saw first-hand the atrocities occurring under Nazi occupation. Karski later traveled to London to meet with the Polish government-in-exile and with British government officials. He subsequently traveled to the United States and met with President Roosevelt.
And the veteran stage couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne forgot their usual stage presence and had to be tugged by the President into camera range beside him. There was extra applause for the journalist Walter Lippmann; the poet and historian Carl Sandburg, and for the three recipients whose medals were accompanied by citations of "special distinction" for service in the Government. They were:. Murrow, former television commentator and director of the United States Information Agency.
Johnson told the medal winners when the ceremony ended. It was a belief that the nation's trust must continue to rest on the achievement of individuals, Mr. Johnson said, that led President Kennedy to establish the Medal of Freedom award. He and Mrs. Johnson honored the group at a reception and buffet luncheon in the Blue Room. Detlev W. Frank Dobie, 75, writer, professor and authority on the folklore and history of Texas and the Southwest, of Austin, Tex.
Lena F. Edwards, 63, physician and humanitarian who at the age of 60 gave up private practice in Jersey City to devote herself to care of migrant workers, of Hereford, Tex. Thomas Stearns Eliot, 76, Nobel prize-winning author of poetry, plays and criticism who was born in St. Louis, of London. John W. The Rev. Theodore M. Clarence L. Johnson, 54, aircraft engineer who designed the U-2 reconnaissance plane and the A, 2, mile-an-hour interceptor, of Encino, Calif.
Frederick R. Helen A. Keller, 84, a leader in assisting the blind although she was left blind, deaf and speechless by an illness when 19 months old, of Westport, Conn.
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