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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:jcma@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Wed Jun 23 00:05:15 1993
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1993 20:17-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
Subject: President Presents Medal of Freedom to Arthur Ashe 6.20.93
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release June 22, 1993
PRESIDENT PRESENTS MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO ASHE
(Washington, DC) President Clinton awarded a posthumous
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian
honor, to tennis great Arthur Ashe at the National Sports Awards
Ceremony at Constitution Hall Sunday night.
Presenting the medal to Ashe's widow, Jeanne, the President
noted that Ashe, "battled his way to the top rung of
international tennis -- and he did it with an inner strength and
outward dignity that marked his game every bit as much as that
dazzling crosscourt backhand."
Speaking earlier Sunday at the White House, the President
called Ashe, "An extraordinary man who lived by the words, `Thou
shalt not close a door behind you.'"
The National Sports Awards will be telecast tonight on NBC.
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