Bob Dylan awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House

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Bob Dylan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Tuesday, making him one of only a few dozen musicians to ever make the list.

1962 stole the spotlight of President Obama's picks with astronaut John Glenn and civil rights campaigner Dolores Huerta also awarded the medal. Dylan's first album, Bob Dylan, was released in '62, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Assn. with Cesar Chavez, notes the L.A. Times.

The medal is the country’s highest civilian honor and the president has wide latitude in picking recipients. It is awarded to people who have made major contributions to the security of the United States, world peace, culture or who have undertaken “other significant public or private endeavors.”

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Department of Justice civil rights lawyer John Doar, Israeli President Shimon Peres, epidemiologist William Foege, novelist Toni Morrison, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and basketball coach Pat Summitt were also recognized.

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/newmedia/2012/05/29/6374/bob-dylan-awarded-presidential-medal-freedom-white/

Isn't he just the coolest guy ever?!?!