Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand to Receive
Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards
by Kipp Jones 16 Nov 2015Los Angeles, CA
Steven Spielberg, James Taylor, and Barbra
Streisand are among the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom
recipients, according to the White House.
The Obama administration announced this year’s recipients of
the country’s highest civilian honor on Monday, unveiling a list of 17
individuals whose “meritorious contributions” to the interests of the United
States, world peace, or other significant endeavors, set them apart over the
years.
Spielberg was chosen for his USC Shoah Foundation’s dedication to “overcoming intolerance and bigotry
through the use of visual history testimony,” according to a press
release, which also notes the director to be “one of the most
influential filmmakers in cinematic history.”
In addition to being “one of our nation’s most gifted
talents,” Barbra Streisand will receive the award for her contributions to
heart research and gender equality, while James Taylor will be recognized for
having “touched people with his warm baritone voice” and guitar-playing for
more than 40 years.
Other entertainment figures Emilio and
Gloria Estefan, Itzhak Perlman, and Steven Sondheim will join former
baseballers Yogi Berra (posthumous) and Willie Mays in receiving the accolade.
“I look forward to presenting these 17 distinguished
Americans with our nation’s highest civilian honor,” said President Obama in an
official statement. “From public servants who helped us meet defining
challenges of our time to artists who expanded our imaginations, from leaders
who have made our union more perfect to athletes who have inspired millions of
fans, these men and women have enriched our lives and helped define our shared
experience as Americans.”
The honorees will receive their awards at the White
House on November 24th.
Steven
Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
was a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a guest at Mellody
L. Hobson’s 2013 wedding, a major contributor for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign, is a co-founder &
consultant for DreamWorks Animation SKG
Inc., an honorary chair for the USC
Shoah Foundation Institute, and Drew
Barrymore’s godfather.
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Robert
Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Mellody L. Hobson
was a trustee at the Sundance Institute,
married in 2013 & Steven Spielberg was her guest, is the
chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG
Inc., and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was a legal adviser for the Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
David F. Hamilton
was a canvasser for the Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), and is Lee H. Hamilton’s nephew.
Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was the plaintiff in ACORN
vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.
Barack
Obama was the attorney for ACORN vs.
Illinois State Board of Elections, and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Susan
Crown is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, a counselor for the USC
Shoah Foundation Institute, and was a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
James
Taylor is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and a scheduled performer at the 2013 Barack Obama inauguration.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Barbra Streisand
is the founder of the Barbra Streisand
Foundation, and a William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment client.
Drew
Barrymore’s godfather is Steven
Spielberg, and is a William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ari
Emanuel is the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s
brother, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
was the White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration, and the candidate for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign.
Steven Spielberg
was a major contributor for the 2011
Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a guest at Mellody L. Hobson’s 2013 wedding, is a co-founder
& consultant for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc., an honorary chair for the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, and Drew Barrymore’s godfather.
Lee
H. Hamilton is David F. Hamilton’s
uncle, a co-chair for the Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.
President Obama Names
Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Lee Hamilton
Lee Hamilton has been one of the most influential voices on
international relations and American national security over the course of his
more than 40 year career. From 1965 to 1999, he served Indiana in the United
States House of Representatives, where his chairmanships included the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the
Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. Since
retiring from Congress, Hamilton has been involved in efforts to address some
of our nation’s most high profile homeland security and foreign policy
challenges. He served as Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and Co-Chairman
of the Iraq Study Group. He was Co-Chairman of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future, which issued a report in 2006 calling for reform of the
nation’s immigration laws and system. And through the founding of the Center on
Congress at Indiana University, he has also been a leading advocate for
bi-partisanship and effective governance.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a
member of the Iraq Study Group, and
a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Mellody L. Hobson
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the chairman for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc., was a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and married
in 2013 & Steven Spielberg was
her guest.
Steven Spielberg
is a co-founder & consultant for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc., an honorary chair for the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, Drew Barrymore’s godfather, was a guest at Mellody L. Hobson’s 2013 wedding, a major contributor for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign, and
a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
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