Sentences with phrase «obama awards the medal»

President Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to recipient Warren Buffett during a ceremony to present the awards at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011.

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On Feb. 16, 2011, Buffett was awarded the highest civilian honor, the «Presidential Medal of Freedom,» by former President Barack Obama.

Update: July 15, 2015, 2:45 pm: President Barack Obama responded to calls from members of Congress to revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom that Bill Cosby was awarded in 2002.

In 2016, both Bill and Melinda were awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama, the highest civilian award in the US, for their charitable work.

He was awarded the medal with distinction, the only person to receive that honor from President Obama.

Lowery was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 by President Obama.

When President Obama awarded 21 notable names with Presidential Medals of Freedom in November, we all thought that would be the last time he did it.

Washington (CNN)- President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller for «conspicuous gallantry» and «heroic actions» in Afghanistan in January 2008, the White House announced Thursday.

Dresselhaus received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1990, and earlier this year President Barack Obama announced she had become the co-recipient of the Fermi Award.

Dr. Carruthers, recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama in 2012, will receive the Walker award on October 28, 2017 during the ASP's Annual Award Gala in Burlingame, Califoaward on October 28, 2017 during the ASP's Annual Award Gala in Burlingame, CalifoAward Gala in Burlingame, California.

In the movie, if anything, I saw equal grace to Obama as well for awarding Sam a medal, and him bragging about it....

President Barack Obama laughs with Frank Deford as he awards him the 2012 National Humanities Medal for transforming how we think about sports, during a ceremony in the East Room of White House on July 10, 2013.

[131] In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Arts & Humanities Medals Awarded Feb. 13: President Obama honors recipients of 2011 National Medal of the Art & National Medal of Humanities, including artist Martin Puryear.

Arts & Humanities Medals Awarded Sept. 22: President Obama awards the 2015 National Medal of Arts (video) to artists Ralph Lemon and Jack Whitten, among other recipients.

Whitten was awarded a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2016, and was inducted into the National Academy Museum and School and received an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University the same year.

In 2013, he received the country's highest award for artists, the National Medal of Arts, presented by President Obama.

Lin was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2005 and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize and most recently the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President Barack Obama in 2016.

In 2009, Frank Stella was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.

In 2015, during the Obama Administration, Wiley was honored by the U.S. Department of State with a Medal of Arts award for his commitment to the Art in Embassies program.

Her numerous awards include the 2009 National Medal of the Arts conferred by President Barack Obama and the 2014 Gish Prize for her contributions to art and social change.

Also in 2011, Barnet was awarded the National Medal of Arts in a White House ceremony by President Obama, who noted that «his nuanced and graceful depictions of family and personal scenes, for which he is best known, are meticulously constructed of flat planes that reveal a lifelong exploration of abstraction, expressionism and geometry.»

He had two solo exhibitions at the MoMA (1970 and 1987) and was awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2009.

In 2004 he was chosen for the lifetime achievement award of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and in 2009 he was given the National Medal of the Arts from President Barack Obama — the first graphic designer to receive such an accolade.

He was awarded a 2015 National Medal of Arts by President Obama.

President Barack Obama awards painter Jack Whitten the 2015 National Medal of Arts during a ceremony in the White House, Sept. 22, 2016, in Washington.

In 2014 President Obama honored Turrell with National Medal of Arts award.

In 2009 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama, and in 2011 she received the Mayor's Award for Arts & Culture from Mayor Bloomberg.

In 1989, Frank Stella was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government and in 2009 the prestigious National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama himself.

He was awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts by President Barrack Obama.

In 2012 President Obama awarded Ashbery the National Medal in Humanities.

Barnet was awarded a National Medal of Arts in 2011, which was presented by President Obama at a White House ceremony.

He was awarded a National Medal of Arts from 2011, which was presented by President Obama in a White House ceremony this year.

Among numerous awards received are Japan's Praemium Imperiale Award in 2000, Officier de la Legion d'Honneur presented by President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009, and the National Medal of Arts presented by President of the United States Barack Obama in 2012.

He was awarded a National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Obama in 2012, one of the nation's highest honors.

Many law review presidents and editors have gone on to achieve great success and wield great influence: Barack Obama was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review; Brooksley Born — who warned against impending global economic crisis and was awarded the John F. Kennedy Medal of Courage this year — was the first woman president of the Stanford Law Review; former Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist, and former Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor — the first woman Supreme Court justice — were both Stanford Law Review editors.

(In 2014, President Obama awarded Mikva the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor.)

On May 29, 2012 President Obama awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom to Dr. Albright — the nation's highest civilian honor — citing the inspiration her life is to all and that her scholarship and insight continue to make the world a better, more peaceful place.

In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Brokaw with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.