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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient R. Buckminster Fuller
(1895-1983), Architect, Engineer.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Awarded by
President Ronald Reagan
February 23, 1983
A true Renaissance Man, and one of the greatest minds of our times, Richard Buckminster Fuller's contributions as a geometrician, educator, and architect–designer are benchmarks of accomplishment in their fields. Among his most notable inventions and discoveries are synergetic geometry, geodesic structures and tensegrity structures. Mr. Fuller reminds us all that America is a land of pioneers, haven for innovative thinking and the free expression of ideas.
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