ALUMNI PROFILE
Greenberg Honored At White House
By Timothy P. Cross

Jack Greenberg '45

Professor of law and former dean of the College Jack Greenberg '45 was one of 28 distinguished Americans honored by President Bill Clinton with Presidential Citizens Medals at a White House ceremony on January 8. These individuals, representing many fields of endeavor, were recognized for their "remarkable service and accomplishments."

"In the courtroom and the classroom, Jack Greenberg has been a crusader for freedom and equality for more than half a century," said the President in presenting the medal to Greenberg.

Greenberg argued 40 civil rights cases before the United States Supreme Court, including the historic Brown v. Board of Education in 1955. The President noted that Greenberg, who served as dean of the College from 1989 to 1993, "helped break down the legal underpinnings of segregation in America, and as a professor of law, an advocate for international human rights, and head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, he has helped shape a more just society."

The Presidential Citizens Medal was established in 1969 by President Richard Nixon to honor citizens who have performed exemplary deeds of service for the nation. The President may bestow the medal upon any citizen of the United States. Other honorees this year included former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, boxing great Muhammad Ali, home run king Henry Aaron, former Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, AIDS researcher David Ho, and actress Elizabeth Taylor.