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National Medal of Arts

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1986
Exxon Corporation
corporate arts patron
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1986
Seymour H. Knox
arts patron
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1986
Eva Le Gallienne
actress, author
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1986
Alan Lomax
folklorist, scholar
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1986
Lewis Mumford
philosopher, literary critic
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1986
Eudora Welty
writer
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1985
Elliott Carter, Jr.
composer
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1985
Dorothy Buffum Chandler
arts patron
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1985
Ralph (Waldo) Ellison
writer
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1985
Jose Ferrer
actor
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1985
Martha Graham
dancer, choreographer
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1985
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
corporate arts patron
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1985
Lincoln Kirstein
arts patron
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1985
Paul Mellon
arts patron
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1985
Louise Nevelson
sculptor
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