Recipients Include A Congressman and Former U.S. President Fifteen iconic Americans received the prestigious Medal of Freedom award today from President Barack Obama in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. President Obama holds a Medal of Freedom award. One of 15 awarded in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Photo/CD Brown. Among those awarded: The Boston Celtics' NBA great Bill Russell; Stan Musial, baseball legend and Hall of Fame first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals; Congressman John Lewis , American hero and giant of the Civil Rights Movement; Warren Buffett, investor, industrialist, and philanthropist; Dr. Maya Angelou , author, poet, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker, and civil rights activist; cellist Yo-Yo Ma , Dr. Tom Little (Posthumous); Gerda Weismann Klein , Jewish Holocaust survivor; artist Jasper Johns ; John H. Adams co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council; Chancellor ...
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