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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient William S. White
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Awarded by
President Lyndon B. Johnson
January 20, 1969
William S. White has brought to his long documentation of the continuing chronicle of America a wisdom, compassion, and an insight which have helped the American people understand and appreciate their history and the legacy of their democratic heritage. America's story is better told because he was here to tell it.
Biography
(1906-1994)
Reporter, New York Times, 1945-1958; nationally syndicated columnist, 1958-73; awarded Pulitzer Prize in 1955 for The Taft Story, a biography of Robert Taft; author of Citadel: The Story of the U.S. Senate, 1956; author of The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964.
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