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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 42, \"1/10/77 - Remarks at the Closing of the\nCeremony Presenting Medals of Freedom\" of the President's Speeches and Statements:\nReading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 42 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE PRESIDENT LAS SEEM\nCLOSING REMARKS FOR MEDAL OF FREEDOM PRESENTATION\n-1-\nLET ME CONGRATULATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU\nI REGRET THAT IRVING BERLIN,\nTHE LATE ALEXANDER CALDER\nAND GEORGIA O'KEEFFE WERE UNABLE TO BE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY\npresent\nWE WILL\nPRESENTING\nTHEIR MEDALS TO THEM OR TO THEIR\nFAMILIES AT A LATER DATE\n-2-\nIN CLOSING,\nLET ME VOICE OUR COUNTRY'S GRATITUDE\nNOT ONLY TO YOU,\nBUT TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED YOU ACHIEVE\nWHAT YOU DID\nEACH OF YOU HAS HAD FRIENDS AND\nCO-WORKERS,\nTEAMMATES AND FAMILIES WHO SHARE IN YOUR\nACHIEVEMENTS\nAND IN OUR PRIDE TODAY\nONCE AGAIN,\nCONGRATULATIONS\n-3-\nNOW BETTY AND I WILL JOIN THE HONOREES IN THE\nGRAND HALL TO MEET OUR OTHER GUESTS, AFTER WHICH YOU ARE\nALL INVITED TO JOIN US FOR LUNCH IN THE STATE DINING ROOM\nEND OF TEXT\n-1-\nI. W. ABEL (PAUSE)\nSTEELWORKER, SOCIAL REFORMER, UNION\nORGANIZER, AND LABOR STATESMAN,/1. W. ABEL HAS FORGED\nA DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF WISE AND FIRM LEADERSHIP\nTHAT EXEMPLIFIES THE VERY BEST TRADITIONS OF THE AMERICAN\nLABOR MOVEMENT.\nHIS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS/ AND HIS\nUNFAILING CONCERN FOR PEOPLE HAVE EARNED HIM NOT ONLY\nTHE GRATITUDE, BUT THE ESTEEM AND RESPECT OF HIS\nFELLOW CITIZENS.\n-2-\nJOHN BARDEEN (BAR/deen), REPRESENTED BY HIS\nSON,,\nWILLIAM BARDEEN/\nA PHYSICIST OF GENIUS /JOHN BARDEEN HAS\nCOMBINED FORMIDABLE AND UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS WITH\nTHE MATHEMATICAL ABILITY TO CARRY THEM THROUGH\nHIS DISCOVERIES HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED ELECTRONICS AND\nCOMMUNICATIONS./CHANGING EACH OF OUR LIVES FOR THE\nBETTER\nWE ARE PROUD TO HONOR HIM AS A CREATIVE\nMASTER/ IN THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF SCIENCE\nAND TECHNOLOGY\n-3-\nNORMAN BORLAUG (BOR . (BOR-LOG) LOG)\nREVOLUTIONARY SCIENTIST AND ELOQUENT PROPHET,\nHE PERFORMED MIRACLES WITH GRAIN AND SAVED UNTOLD MILLIONS\nFROM STARVATION\nHIS WORK HAS PUSHED BACK THE SHADOW\nOF HUNGER ON THIS PLANET AND GIVEN US PRECIOUS TIME\nTO FORCE ITS FINAL RETREAT\n-4-\nGENERAL OMAR N. BRADLEY\nMILITARY HERO, COURAGEOUS IN BATTLE/\nAND GENTLE IN SPIRIT, IRIT./FRIEND FRIEND OF THE COMMON SOLDIER,\nGENERAL OF THE ARMY, FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS\nOF STAFF / HE EMBODIES THE BEST OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY\nTRADITION WITH DIGNITY, HUMANITY AND HONOR\n- 5- 5\nADMIRAL ARLEIGH BURKE\nCOMBAT COMMANDER, INNOVATIVE NAVAL\nSTRATEGIST AND TACTICIAN, INSPIRING LEADER, FIRST\nTHREE-TERM CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. / HE MADE THE SEA\nA PLACE OF VICTORY IN WAR, A MIGHTY FORTRESS IN PEACE.\n6\nBRUCE CATTON\nMAN OF LETTERS, / PRE-EMINENT HISTORIAN\nOF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES / HE MADE US HEAR THE\nSOUNDS OF BATTLE AND CHERISH PEACE\nHE MADE US SEE\nTHE BLEED ING WOUND OF SLAVERY / AND HOLD MAN'S FREEDOM\nDEAR\n7\nJOE DiMAGGIO REPRESENTED BY HIS BROTHER, DOMINICK\nDiMAGG IO\nSUPERB ATHLETE, COACH, AUTHOR AND\nBUSINESSMAN, / JOE DiMAGGIO STANDS TALL AMONG THE RANKS\nOF GENUINE AMERICAN HEROES\nKNOWN AND REVERED (RE-VERED)\nAROUND THE WORLD AS THE \"YANKEE CLIPPER,\" HE CONTRIBUTED\nMANY YEARS OF STYLE AND SPLENDID ABILITY TO THE SPORT\nWHICH HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS OUR NATIONAL PASTIME\nHIS CHARACTER AND GRACE,/ BOTH ON AND OFF THE PLAYING\nFIELD/HAVE BEEN A CONTINUING SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO\nAMERICANS OF ALL AGES\n- E -\nARIEL DURANT\nWRITER, HISTORIAN AND PHILOSOPHER,\nARIEL DURANT HAS COMBINED A SENSITIVE AND SWEEPING VISION\nWITH UNIQUE LITERARY TALENTS\nHER LIFELONG COLLABORATION\nWITH HER HUSBAND WILL,/HAS HAS HELPED MAKE HISTORY ACCESSIBLE, /\nPOPULARIZING BUT NEVER CHEAPENING ITS LESS ONS.\nTHE STYLE AND SUBSTANCE OF HER WRITINGS HAVE MADE THE PAST\nMORE VIVID, AND ENRICHED OUR LIVES IN THE PRESENT.\n-9- -\nWILL DURANT\nWRITER, HISTORIAN AND PHILOSOPHER,\nWILL DURANT HAS PROVIDED AN OPEN WINDOW INTO THE LIVES\nAND THOUGHTS OF PAST AGES\nWITH THE COLLABORATION\nOF HIS WIFE ARIEL, HE HAS HELPED LEAD US THROUGH THE\nPAST TO THE MEANING OF THE PRESENT / AN ELOQUENT\nAPOSTLE OF SOCIAL ORDER AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, HE IS\nAN ENEMY OF CHAOS / A FRIEND AND AN INVALUABLE GUIDE\nTO MILLIONS OF GRATEFUL READERS\n-10-\nARTHUR FIEDLER\n?\nVIOLINIST, CONDUCTOR AND MUSICAL\nMAESIRE\nINNOVATOR, ARTHUR FIEDLER, HAS BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN\nPOPULAR AND CLASSICAL MUSIC /A AND GIVEN MILLIONS AROUND\nTHE WORLD A GREATER APPRECIATION OF AMERICA'S RICH\nCULTURAL HERITAGE.\nHIS SPIRIT AND ZEST FOR LIVING\nHAVE MADE AN IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUALITY\nOF AMERICAN LIFE\nI\nJUDGE HENRY J. FRIENDLY\nHONORED STUDENT AND SERVANT OF THE LAW, /\nMAN OF INTELLECT AND WISDOM, / HE BROUGHT A BRILLIANCE\nAND A SENSE OF PRECISION TO AMERICAN JURIS PRUDENCE,\nSHARPENING ITS FOCUS AND STRENGTHENING ITS COMMITMENT\nTO THE HIGH GOAL / OF EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE FOR EVERY\nAMERICAN CITIZEN\n-12-\nLADY BIRD JOHNSON\nAS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT FIRST LADIES,\n/\nSHE CLAIMED HER OWN PLACE IN THE HEARTS AND HISTORY\nOF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.\nIN COUNCILS OF POWER / OR IN\nHOMES OF THE POOR, / SHE MADE GOVERNMENT HUMAN WITH HER\nUNIQUE COMPASSION / AND HER GRACE, WARMTH AND WISDOM /\nHER LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE E/A AND\nPRESERVED ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AS A NATIONAL TREASURE.\n13- -\nARCHIBALD MACLEISH, REPRESENTED BY HIS NEPHEW,\nRODERICK MACLEISH\nPOET AND PLAYWRIGHT, / TEACHER AND STATESMAN of\nARCHIBALD MACLEISH HAS COMBINED THE VOCATION OF MAN\nOF LETTERS WITH THAT OF PUBLIC SPOKESMAN / A POET OF\nREALITIES AS WELL AS DREAMS, / HIS ELOQUENT WORDS ARE\nMATCHED BY HIS SENSITIVE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.\nHE SEEKS\nTRUTH, INSPIRED BY LOVE OF HIS FELLOW MEN AND OF HIS\nCOUNTRY: / WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIS STATURE\nAS A HUMANIST, AN ARTIST AND AN AMERICAN\n- 14 -\nJAMES ALBERT MICHENER\nAUTHOR, TEACHER AND POPULAR HISTORIAN, /\nJAMES MICHENER HAS ENTRANCED A GENERATION WITH HIS\nCOMPELLING ESSAYS AND NOVELS.\nFROM\nTALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC TO CENTENNIAL, THE PROLIFIC\nWRITINGS OF THIS MASTER STORYTELLER / HAVE EXPANDED\nTHE KNOWLEDGE AND ENRICHED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS.\n-15- -\nVICE PRESIDENT NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER\nPATRIOT, PHILANTHROPIST, PATRON OF THE\nARTS, DIPLOMAT, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, VICE PRESIDENT\nOF THE UNITED STATES HIS LONG YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS\nCOUNTRY HAVE YIELDED GOVERNMENTAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL\nAND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS BEYOND MEASURE.\n-16-\nNORMAN ROCKWELL, REPRESENTED BY HIS SON, JARVIS ROCKWELL\nARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR / NORMAN\nROCKWELL HAS PORTRAYED THE AMERICAN SCENE WITH\nUNRIVALLED FRESHNESS AND CLARITY.\nINSIGHT, OPTIMISM\nAND GOOD HUMOR ARE THE HALLMARKS OF HIS ARTISTIC STYLE.\nHIS VIVID AND AFFECTIONATE PORTRAITS OF OUR COUNTRY /\nAND OURSELVES / HAVE BEC OME A BELOVED PART OF THE AMERICAN\nTRADITION\n17 -\nCATHERINE FILENE SHOUSE\nCATHERINE FILENE SHOUSE HAS GIVEN HER\nCOUNTRY HALF A CENTURY OF INVALUABLE VOLUNTARY SERVICE.\nA PIONEER IN JOB TRAINING FOR WOMEN, / SHE HERSELF IS AN\nOUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOOD TASTE AND INTELLIGENCE,\nPRAGMATISM AND PERSISTENCE CAN ACCOMPLISH.\nA WORKING PATRON OF THE ARTS AS WELL AS A GIVING ONE,\nHER KEEN INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT HAVE ENRICHED\nIMMEASURABLY OUR NATION'S CULTURAL LIFE\n18- -\nLOWELL THOMAS\n?\nPIONEER RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMENTATOR,/ COMMENTATOR /\nWAR CORRESPONDENT, / AUTHOR AND EXPLORER, / LOWELL THOMAS\nHAS LIVED AND FULFILLED MANY DREAMS\nHIS ELOQUENT\nVOICE, HIS ZEST FOR LIVING, HIS SUPERB PROFESSIONALISM\nAND HIS PATRIOTISM, / HAVE LEFT A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE WITH\nTHE MILLIONS WHO HAVE SEEN AND HEARD HIM OVER THE YEARS\n-19- 19 -\nJAMES D. WATSON\nSCHOLAR, TEACHER, AUTHOR, AND SCIENTIFIC\nPIONEER, JAMES D. WATSON HAS CHALLENGED THE MYSTERIES\nOF LIFE ITSELF / AND CHARTED A NEW PATH IN MANKIND'S ENDLESS\nSEARCH FOR TRUTH\nHIS INTELLECTUAL COURAGE\nAND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE HAVE\nEARNED HIM THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HIS COUNTRY\nAND A PERMANENT PLACE AS ONE OF THE GREAT EXPLORERS\nN\nOF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY"
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