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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Jacques Cousteau
CAPT. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU
Awarded by
President Ronald Reagan
May 23, 1985
For decades, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau has been a celebrated undersea explorer. His journeys aboard the Calypso have become known to millions through his books and films. His manned, undersea colonies yielded wealths of research and data and made important technical advances. His auqualung has made underwater diving available to all. Captain Cousteau perhaps has done more than any other individual to reveal the mysteries of the oceans that cover more than two-thirds of the surface of our planet. It is, therefore, likely that he will be remembered not only as a pioneer in his time but as a dominant figure in world history.
President Ronald Reagan and Jacques Cousteau at Podium
Undersea explorer and researcher Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 74, receives the presidential Medal of Freedom from President Reagan. Cousteau is one of 13 recipients this year of the nation's highest civilian award.
President Kennedy Giving Medal to Jacques Cousteau
4/19/1961-Washington, DC- President John F. Kennedy is shown presenting the National Geographic Society's special gold medal to French undersea explorer Jacques Yves Coustea (center) in the White House rose garden today. In making the presentation, Kennedy said that the oceanographer, inventor of the aqua-lung, "has given us the possibility that someday we may swim as well as the fishes- or at least deeper." Right is Dr. Melville Bell Gorsvenor, President and editor of National Geographic.
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Medal History
