Post by nilprojaproti22 on Mar 16, 2024 4:38:24 GMT
The US president awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the US government.The Mexican scientist Mario Molina, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry in 1995, was awarded today by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In awarding the highest civilian award of the US government, instituted in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, Obama noted that Molina's love for science began as a child in the laboratory he set up in the bathroom of his home in the city of Mexico. That passion for discovery led Mario to become one of the most respected chemists," said the US president during the ceremony held in the Roosevelt Room of the White House
He recalled that the Mexican was awarded the Nobel Prize Phone Number AU in Chemistry for his work on the negative impact that carbon emissions cause on the ozone layer.
Thanks to Mario's work, the world came together to address a common problem and today we are inspired by his example as we work to leave a safer and cleaner planet for future generations," he noted.
Also receiving the highest distinction to the civilian population for their distinguished work in different professional areas were former President William Clinton and Ben Bradlee, former editor of The Washington Post newspaper at the time of the Watergate scandal that cost Richard Nixon the Presidency.
Likewise the Chicago White Sox player, Ernie Banks, the leader of the feminist movement, Gloria Steinem, and the media entrepreneur and host, Opra Winfrey, among others. We have a leader who we still remember with extraordinary affection," the president noted when awarding the medal to Clinton. He highlighted that the struggle that Clinton's mother had to wage to support her family was an inspiration for the former president to seek an easier and better life for people.
Obama thanked the "advice and counsel" he has received from Clinton, in addition to his philanthropic work through the foundation he presides over and which "represents the best of the United States." The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded each year by the president of the United States, who may select the recipients or based on recommendations.