PresidentialMedalOfFreedom

Highest civilian award in the United States. Established by HarryTruman in 1945. Awarded to several people annually.

Winners include such diverse personalities as EricHoffer and JesseJackson.

Some recent winners:

EdgarWayburn

HelmutKohl

MaxKampelman

OliverWhiteHill

GeraldFord

IsolinaFerre

EvelynDubrow

RosalynnCarter

JimmyCarter

EdgarMBronfmanJr

LloydMBentsen

ElmoRZumwaltJr

AlbertShanker

DavidRockefeller

ElliotLRichardson

MarioGObledo

MargaretMurie

WilmaMankiller

SolMLinowitz

Fred Korematsu

FrancesHesselbein

ZacharyFisher

DanteBFascell

JamesFarmer

RobertColes

BrookeAstor

ArnoldAronson

I am getting this list from here, and hopefully other people can join in with the typing. :-)