Presidential Medal of Freedom (to civilians) -- for 2013 given at Smithsonian Institute

from http:// obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/ Established by President John F. Kennedy, the medal is the nation's highest civilian honor. The White House released the guest list of sixty Medal recipients (past winners & 2013 awardees reprinted below. The 7:00 p.m. dinner was held at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Guests included some of the 16 2013 Medal recipients President Obama honored on Wednesday morning (Nov. 20, 2013) during a White House ceremony: Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Ernie Banks, Patricia Wald, C.T. Vivian, Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Dr. Mario Molina, Richard Lugar, President Bill Clinton, Arturo Sandoval, and Ben Bradlee. Other guests included previous recipients Hank Aaron, Aretha Franklin, Dolores Huerta, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Norman H. Podhoretz, Jean Kennedy Smith, Norman H. Podhoretz, and Alan Greenspan. Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy's 20-year-old grandson, introduced President Obama before his remarks. Earlier in the day he joined the President and Mrs. Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Clinton at Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery for a wreath ceremony.The dinner was followed by a performance by jazz great Sandoval. After defecting from Cuba to the US during the Cold War, "Arturo is an American citizen and one of the most celebrated trumpet players in the world," President Obama said during the ceremony. Medal recipients today not attending the dinner were Loretta Lynn, Sally Ride (posthumous), Sen. Daniel Inouye (posthumous), and Dean Smith. On display at the museum in a special exhibit are the printed design drawings for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, created by the Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, for the review of President and Mrs. Kennedy, as well as Executive Order 11085, establishing the Presidential Medal of Freedom, signed by President Kennedy on February 22, 1963. The White House list of the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom who are expected to attend the Nov. 20, 2013 state dinner: Mr. Hank Aaron Mr. Ernie Banks Mr. Ben Bradlee The Honorable Paul Bremer The Honorable Nancy Brinker Mr. Vinton Cerf General Wesley Clark, USA (Ret.) The Honorable Bill Clinton The Honorable William T Coleman, Jr. Dr. Francis Collins Ms. Ruth Colvin The Honorable Ryan Crocker Mr. John Doar Ms. Marian Wright Edelman Dr. Anthony Fauci Dr. Norman C. Francis Ms. Aretha Franklin Professor Hanna Holborn Gray The Honorable Alan Greenspan Dr. Pedro Jose Greer, Jr. Dr. David Hamburg Dr. Donald Henderson Ms. Frances Hesselbein The Honorable John Howard Ms. Delores Huerta Mrs. Irene Hirano Inouye (On Behalf of the Honorable Daniel Inouye) Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. Mr. Robert Kahn Dr. Daniel Kahneman The Honorable Henry Kissinger Mrs. Gerda W Klein The Honorable John Lewis Captain James Lovell, Jr., USN (Ret.) Reverend Joseph Lowery The Honorable Richard Lugar Ms. Sylvia Mendez The Honorable Robert Michel The Honorable George Mitchell Dr. Mario Molina Elsa Morejon (On Behalf of Dr. Oscar Biscet) General Richard Myers, USAF (Ret.) Mr. Walter Naegle (On Behalf of Bayard Rustin) Dr. Tam O'Shaughnessy (On Behalf of Dr. Sally Ride) Mr. Norman H. Podhoretz The Honorable Cruz Reynoso The Rt. Hon. the Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG Mr. David Rockefeller, Sr. Ms. Janet Rowley Mr. William F Russell Mr. Arturo Sandoval The Honorable Laurence Silberman Honorable Jean Kennedy Smith Ms. Linnea Smith (On Behalf of Dean Smith) Ms. Gloria Steinem Mr. John Sweeney Rev. C.T. Vivian The Honorable Patricia Wald The Honorable William H. Webster Ms. Oprah Winfrey Mr. Muhammad Yunus