Michael R. Bloomberg, a philanthropist, business leader and three-term New York mayor, is a 1964 graduate of Johns Hopkins University and one of 19 people to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden at the ceremony. It was one of us. White House on Friday afternoon.
Image caption: President Biden awards Michael Bloomberg the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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According to the White House, the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, recognizes exemplary contributions to U.S. prosperity, values, security, world peace, or other important social, public, or private endeavors. Awarded to the person who has news release.
President Biden praised Bloomberg for revolutionizing the financial information industry and changing the state of education, the environment, public health and the arts in New York City as mayor of New York City from January 2002 to December 2013. This year he joins the ranks of esteemed recipients. They include former Vice President, U.S. Senator and Representative Al Gore, former Secretary of State John Kerry, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Academy Award-winning actress. Including Michelle Yeoh.
Bloomberg is the latest of several Hopkins affiliates to receive this honor. Others are:
- Detleb BronkSixth president of Johns Hopkins University, awarded by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964
- DA Hendersonepidemiologist and former dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, awarded by George W. Bush in 2002
- Arnall Patsa physician and research professor at the School of Medicine, decorated by George W. Bush in 2004.
- ben carsonformer director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, was awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush in 2008.
- barbara mikulskiformer U.S. senator from Maryland and Homewood public policy professor, awarded by Barack Obama in 2015
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