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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is related to, but distinct from, the Medal of Freedom, an earlier award issued between 1945 and 1963 to honor US civilian contributions to World War II. In 2022 at the age of 25, athlete and activist Simone Biles became the youngest person to receive the award.
[21] In 2014, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom [22] and was inducted into the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014. [23] In 2015, she received the IEEE Medal of Honor . In 2000–2001, she was the director of the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy .
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal.It is an award bestowed by decision of the president of the United States to "any person recommended to the President for award of the Medal or any person selected by the President upon his own initiative," [3] and was created to recognize people who have made "an ...
The list of 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients includes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire donor George Soros. The recipients are scheduled to receive the awards at ...
Pages in category "Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 703 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He was awarded the Copley Medal from the Royal Society (2006), [202] the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is America's highest civilian honour (2009), [203] and the Russian Special Fundamental Physics Prize (2013). [204] Hawking at the unveiling of the Corpus Clock in September 2008
On Saturday, the White House announced the 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which include luminaries such as Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox, and Bill Nye, 'the Science guy ...
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former President Donald Trump lauded a wealthy donor on whom he bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom as having gotten the "better" award compared to the top military ...