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Tweet of the Day (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2022 OP
K&R! dchill Jan 2022 #1
Brilliant! Pacifist Patriot Jan 2022 #2
My hero! Baitball Blogger Jan 2022 #3
President Biden, please give Dr. Fauci the Medal of Freedom. Bring dignity back to that honor. spanone Jan 2022 #4
Excellent idea! OMGWTF Jan 2022 #5
I figured that he probably has one already, but had no idea that he had so many others...... EarnestPutz Jan 2022 #6
Give it to him again! Specifically for his tireless work on the corona virus. spanone Jan 2022 #8
Couldn't agree more. EarnestPutz Jan 2022 #10
MSNBC has been playing this clip! Emile Jan 2022 #7
I'm amazed... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #9

EarnestPutz

(2,123 posts)
6. I figured that he probably has one already, but had no idea that he had so many others......
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 07:03 PM
Jan 2022

Awards and honors
Ben Carson and Anthony Fauci (right) being announced as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush at the White House on June 19, 2008

1979: Arthur S. Flemming Award[111]
1993: Honorary Doctor of Science, Bates College[112]
1995: Ernst Jung Prize (shared with Samuel A. Wells, Jr.)[113]
1995: Honorary Doctor of Science, Duke University[114]
1996: Honorary Doctor of Science, Colgate University[115]
1999: Honorary Doctor of Public Service, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania[116]
2002: Albany Medical Center Prize[117]
2003: American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award[118]
2005: National Medal of Science[119]
2005: American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award[120]
2007: Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award[121]
2007: George M. Kober Medal, Association of American Physicians[9]
2008: Presidential Medal of Freedom[118]
2013: UCSF medal[122]
2013: Robert Koch Gold Medal[123]
2013: Prince Mahidol Award[124]
2015: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Johns Hopkins University[125][126]
2015: Honorary Doctor of Public Service, The George Washington University[127][128]
2016: John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award[129]
2018: Honorary Doctor of Science, commencement speaker, American University[130]
2018: Honorary Doctor of Science, Boston University[131]
2020: Federal Employee of the Year[132]
2020: Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership, National Academy of Medicine[133]
2020: Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights[134]
2020: Time's Guardian of the Year, along with the frontline health workers, Assa Traoré, Porche Bennett-Bey, and racial justice organizers.[135]
2020: Harris Dean's Award[136]
2020: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[137]
2020: John Maddox Prize[138]
2021: Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences[139]
2021: Dan David Prize[140]
2021: President's Medal of The George Washington University[141][142]
2021: Honorary Doctor of Science, McGill University[143]

In addition to receiving an honorary degree in 2015, Fauci was invited to deliver guest remarks on May 21, 2020, for the Johns Hopkins University Class of 2020.[144] Other notable guest speakers during the virtual ceremony included Reddit co-founder and commencement speaker Alexis Ohanian; and philanthropist and former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.[145]

The medal in 2008 would have been from George W. Bush.

spanone

(135,917 posts)
8. Give it to him again! Specifically for his tireless work on the corona virus.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 07:50 PM
Jan 2022
Just to piss off rand pall

2naSalit

(86,880 posts)
9. I'm amazed...
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 08:09 PM
Jan 2022

That man has kept his cool all this time. He's really been pushed beyond any limit I might recognize. If that's what he has to say under his breath, he's a saint.

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