Bronze Medallion (New York City award)

Bronze Medallion (New York City award)

The Bronze Medallion is the highest award conferred upon civilians by New York City.

The medal is presented by the Mayor to those individuals who have demonstrated, "exceptional citizenship and outstanding achievement". The recipients come from a wide range of backgrounds. including ordinary citizens, foreign dignitaries, athletes, and film stars.

Description

The medallion is two and three quarter inches in diameter and was designed by the late Michael Lantz, best known for his 1938 sculpture in front of the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, DC.

Recipients

* General Douglas MacArthur, United States Army General
* Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights activist
* Muhammad Ali, heavyweight boxing champion
* Willie Mays, baseball player
* Wesley Autrey, on January 5, 2007, for heroism for saving the life of a fellow commuter by throwing himself over his body in the face of an oncoming train
* Lewis Rudin, for lifetime contributions as a property developer
* Felix Vasquez, for heroism for saving the life of a one-month-old baby during a fire in the Bronx - 16 December 2006
* Fred Wilpon, for a lifetime of service to the City
* Robert Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants, for renovating 43 New York City school fields (posthumous)
* Philip Johnson, architect
* Lionel Hampton, in 1978, jazz vibraphonist and bandleader
* The Dessoff Choirs, in 1975, for contributing to the musical life and culture of New York City for fifty years
* Richard Groller, Joseph G. Greer, John P. Walsh and Daniel Gross, for heroism in 1974, for pulling an unconscious man out of the path of an oncoming BMT train

External links

* [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/am-subway0103-gallery,0,2409085.photogallery?coll=ny-main-bigpix&index=1 Lewis Rudin]
* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/news/nycha_hero.shtml Felix Vazquez]
* [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2007a%2Fpr002-07.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 Wesley Autrey press release]
* [http://www.nyu.edu/nyutoday/archives/16/10/Stories/Fred-Wilpon.html Fred Wilpon]
* [http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=12163 Robert Tisch]
* [http://www.cartermuseum.org/about/philip-johnson-bio Philip Johnson]
* [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2007a%2Fpr002-07.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 MacArthur, Mays, Ali and King]


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