The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, recognizes exceptional meritorious service. The medal was established by President Truman in 1945 to recognize notable service in the war. In 1963, President Kennedy reintroduced it as an honor for distinguished civilian service in peacetime.
Here is the list of this years' distinguished recipients:
The president will present the awards Aug. 12 to Nancy Goodman Brinker, Dr. Pedro Jose Greer, Stephen Hawking, the late Jack Kemp, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Billie Jean King, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, Joseph Medicine Crow, the late Harvey Milk, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Sidney Poitier, Chita Rivera, Mary Robinson, Dr. Janet Davison Rowley, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Yunus.
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