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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Dr. David Hamburg
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Dr. David Hamburg
DAVID HAMBURG
Awarded by
President Bill Clinton
September 9, 1996
A psychiatrist who has devoted his life to fighting for the needs and rights of American children, Hamburg is retiring this year from the Presidency of the Carnegie Foundation. He has been a major influence on generations of policy makers and has worked tirelessly for measures such as the Family and Medical Leave Act. He has written about building parental competence, strengthening social support networks by bringing generations together, and child development.
David Hamburg, M.D., president emeritus at Carnegie Corporation of New York, served as its president from 1983-1997. He was also president and then chairman of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and president of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences from 1975-1980. A world-renowned researcher, his work has encompassed the areas of human aggression and conflict resolution, links between behavior and health in illness, and child and adolescent development. As a professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in the 1960s and early l970s, Dr. Hamburg was responsible for encouraging Dr. William C. Dement, now often called 'the father of sleep medicine,' to pursue his studies in sleep medicine at the university. Dr. Hamburg is the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian award of the United States.
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