Obama Reveals His Final Medal of Freedom List

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast

The White House on Wednesday announced the 20 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the prestigious prize given to civilians who’ve made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” On this year’s list are: basketball legends Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; television host and actress Ellen DeGeneres; actors Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, and Tom Hanks; musicians Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross; Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels; famed architect Frank Gehry; sportscaster Vin Scully; businesspeople and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates; actress Cicely Tyson; the late Native-American activist Elouise Cobell; Miami Dade College president Eduardo Padrón; former FCC chairman Newt Minow; computer scientist Margaret H. Hamilton; the late Naval leader and computer scientist Grace Hopper; physicist Richard Garwin; and designer/artist Maya Lin.

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[monmouth4]

1. I'm really happy for my hometown friend, Bruce. He makes us proud and a proud liberal..n/t

[Recursion]

2. Admiral Hopper deserved it when she was still alive

Probably the greatest computer scientist America has produced.

My apartment complex contains "Grace Murray Hopper Memorial Park" because she lived in this complex in her retirement (we're right across I-395 from the Pentagon and they needed her close at hand because she was the only one who understood any of the computer systems).

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. Margaret Hamilton followed in her footsteps on Project Apollo. Good to see her getting her due!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Can't wait to see Ellen cover it on her show.

[Sunlei]

5. oh, that's quite an exciting list of greats!

[LisaM]

6. Michael Jordan?

For what?

[a kennedy]

8. Only one of the best basketball players EVER. eom

[LisaM]

10. I know who he is.

Do you recall his HOF speech?

[a kennedy]

11. kind of, not one of thanking anyone but himself if I recall......

no one said he was a model for the young ones to follow except for his basketball skills, right??

[LisaM]

13. Which is why I don't understand the award!

It's not just supposed to be for sports skills.

[a kennedy]

7. And who the hell is tRump EVER going to honor???

HIS GAWD DANG FAMILY??? I'm going to miss Barack and his family sooooooooooooooo much.

[ailsagirl]

9. God, I know

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Al Capone, Charles Coughlin, Nathan Bedford Forrest ...

I can't see him honouring anyone alive, because he wouldn't want to admit they're better than him. Maybe an honorary one for his BFF Vlad?

[trof]

14. Damn. Again I didn't make the cut.