C ITA TI ON

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

         AWARDS THIS
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
              TO
        MARY LASKER

Humanist, philanthropist, activist -- Mary Lasker

has insplred understanding and productive legislation which

improved the lot of mankind. In medical research, in adding

grace and beauty to the environment and in exhorting her fellow

citizens to rally to the cause of progress,  she has made a

lasting imprint on the quality of life in this country.

She has

led her President adthe Congress to greater heights for

justice for her people and beauty for her land.

/s/ Lyndon B. Johnson

The White House
Washington, D. C ~