Lauretes
In 1983, prior to the official establishment of the Medal, the following artists and patrons received a medal from President Reagan, arranged by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities:
- (artists) Pinchas Zukerman, Frederica von Stade, Czesław Miłosz, Frank Stella, Philip Johnson and Luis Valdez;
- (patrons) The Texaco Philanthropic Foundation, James Michener, Philip Morris, The Cleveland Foundation, Elma Lewis and The Dayton Hudson Foundation.
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