Note: The President spoke at 11:49 a.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to writer, actor, filmmaker, and playwright Mel Brooks; Terry Gross, host and co-executive producer, NPR's "Fresh Air" program; Louise Glück, adjunct professor of English and RosenKranz Writer in Residence, Yale University; José Ramón Andrés Puerta, chef/owner, ThinkFoodGroup; historian Ron Chernow; writer Sandra Cisneros; Berry Gordy, Jr., founder, Motown Records; musicians Santiago Jiménez, Jr., and Wynton Marsalis; playwrights and directors Moisés Kaufman and Luis Valdez; choreographer and dancer Ralph Lemon; author, musician, and screenwriter James McBride; Louis Menand, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English, Harvard University; Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion, Princeton University; Abraham Verghese, Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; painter Jack Whitten; and actor Morgan Freeman. The transcript released by the Office of the Press Secretary also included the reading of the citations.
Document Citations
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Chicago
Obama, Barack H. "Remarks on Presenting the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal, September 22, 2016." In Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack H. Obama, 2016, Book 2-July 1 to January 20, 2017, 1243 - 1246. Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office. 2016.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1243
APA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
(2016, July 1).
2016 Public Papers 1243 - Remarks on Presenting the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal.
[Government].
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1243
MLA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
2016 Public Papers 1243 - Remarks on Presenting the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal.
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration,
(1 Jul 2016),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1243
Bluebook
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Remarks on Presenting the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal, GovInfo, (July 1, 2016),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1243
