Presidential Medal

The Hofstra University Presidential Medal is one of the most prestigious awards given by the University to distinguished persons in recognition of outstanding career achievement, scholarly excellence, leadership in the professions, noteworthy public service or humanitarian endeavors.

The Hofstra University Presidential Medal was first awarded in 1977 by President James M. Shuart.

Presidential Medal Recipients
Donald Axinn 5-03 Hon. Maryanne Trump Barry 5-00 Saul Bellow Richard T. Bennett 9-12-00 Theodore Bickel 3-84 Ralph C. Bledsoe J. Richard Block 5-30-01 Carol A. Bronzo 12-15-99 Edwin G. Burrows 12-01 Morris Carnovsky 3-11-89 Zachary W. Carter 5-23-94 Deanna Chitayat Hon. Marcus C. Christ 4-24-87 Deanna Chitayat 12-02 David C. Christman 5-20-02 Emil V. Cianciulli 5-84 Clark Clifford 4-83 Cy Coleman 3/28/03 Vic Damone 11-98 Margaret Truman Daniel 4-83 Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Frederick de Matteis 5-85 Nelson DeMille 5-03 George G. Dempster 6-83 Maurice Couve de Murville James Duffy 9-90 Abba Eban 1979 David Eisenhower John Eisenhower Milton Eisenhower Dr. Mary Emery 2-89 Boomer Esiason 6-19-98 Edgar Faure M. James Fellman 5-30-97 Bernard J. Fixler 12-91 John Kenneth Galbraith 9-83 Sylvia J. Giallombardo 5/03 Robert W. Greene Hon. Frank A. Gulotta 4-24-87 Rev. Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman 5-24-04 Tippi Hedren 10-21-98 Grace Murray Hopper 10-87	Robert Wood Johnson IV 5-26-05 P.J. Kalff 3-2-00 Peter S. Kalikow 6-99 Hon. Edward M. Kennedy 4-87 Alan King 11-98 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Henry Kissinger 3-85 Judith A. Langer 1992 Dan Laurence 9-90 Arthur Levitt, Jr. 11-05 Rochelle M. Lowenfeld 9-5-96 Clare Boothe Luce 3-84 Myron H. Luke 11-5-93 Hon. David S. Mack 6-20-97 Raymond H. Malone Hon. Joseph M. Margiotta 9-92 H.R.H. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands 11-91 Hon. Bernard S. Meyer 4-24-87 Hon. Dalton R. Miller 5-89 Hon. Joseph N. Mondello Bill Moyers Basil Patterson 9-84 Anthony T. Procelli 11-89 Hon. Francis T. Purcell 7-84 Maureen Reagan Pierre Salinger 3-85 Hon. Charles E. Schumer 5-05 Frank Sinatra 11-98 Isaac Beshavis Singer 12-79 Theodore C. Sorenson 3-85 Frank J. Stanton 9-84 Paul B. Townsend 5-22-94 Mario Vargas Llosa 10-03 Hon. Sol Wachtler James Watson 5-03 Howard Weingrow 11-85 Elie Wiesel 4-88 Harold Wilson 3-84 Theresa Wright 10-21-98 Frank G. Zarb 1994