Lincoln Kirstein - Honors

Honors

  • Presidential Medal of Freedom, US.
  • National Medal of Arts, US, 1985.
  • Royal Society of Arts, Benjamin Franklin Medal, UK, 1981.
  • National Society of Arts and Letters, National Gold Medal of Merit Award, US.
  • National Museum of Dance Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame inductee, 1987.

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