Three persons of Jewish origin were this weekend among recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Johnson for distinguished services to the nation.
Former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York received the award posthumously. Retired Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 81, was cited as “jurist, scholar, counselor, conversationalist.” His citation said “he has brought to all his roles a zest and a wisdom which has made him teacher to his time.” Rudolf Serkin, musician, received a citation stating that “artist and teacher, he has given the classical traditions of the piano new life in a disordered age.”
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