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The Brooklyn College Presidential Medal of Honor recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society, exemplifying excellence, leadership, and service. The award honors distinguished achievements across various fields, celebrating those who inspire positive change and uphold the college’s values of academic and community excellence.
Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson awards Evan Silverstein ’76 with the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2023.
Shirley Anita Chisholm ’46 was posthumously presented the Presidential Medal of Honor by Rev. Al Sharpton in 2025.
Rev. Al Sharpton gave a tribute to Shirley Anita Chisholm ’46, who was posthumously presented the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2025.
In 2025, President Michelle J. Anderson awarded the college's Presidential Medal of Honor to Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke.
Brooklyn College Foundation Trustee Carol L. Zicklin ’61 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2024.
2023 Presidential Medal of Honor awardee Irwin Federman ’56 with Michelle J. Anderson
Charles Schumer, pictured with Michelle J. Anderson was awarded a Presidential Medal of Honor in 2010.
Bernard H. Garil ’62 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2011.
Martin D. Sass ’63 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2010.
Francis Kilcoyne
Jeremiah Bloom Elizabeth Chirico ’39
Stanley Steingut
Melvin Miller ’61
Stanley Fink ’56 Frederic H. J. Rider Belle Zeller Livingston Biddle Jr. Joseph Duffy ’57 John Hope Franklin Harold Jacobs Joshua Lederberg
Thomas J. Cutie Clifford J. Friedman ’48 Murray Horowitz ’38 Joan Bacchus Maynard Daniel Patrick Moynihan Barry Rosen ’65
Carol Bellamy James A. Cavanagh Robert Kibbee Edward Koch
Hattie Carthan Howard Golden Harrison Goldin Frank J. Macchiarola
Stanley Brezenoff ’60 John Henrik Clarke Edith Brenner Everett ’49 Gilbert Ramirez
William J. Bennett Leonard Fleischer ’54 George Friedman ’56 Bo Walker
Mario Cuomo Joseph McMurray ’36 Rev. Gardner C. Taylor Charlene Victor
Sam Beller ’59 David Diaz Marcella Maxwell Donald Moore
Dame R. Nita Barrow Elwin S. Larson Richardson Pratt Jr. F. Herbert Skeete ’59
Lionel Hurst ’80 Rhoda Schwartz Jacobs ’62 Isaac Stern
Joyce Roach Coppin ’62 Colman Genn ’57 Leonard Harrison Sylvia Rosner Rothchild ’44
Blanche Bernstein I. Stanley Kriegel Phyllis Rolfe Silverman ’48 Alfred Trotman
Barbara Kydd Graves ’57 Gloria Naylor ’81 Isaura Santiago Santiago ’67
Alan Dershowitz ’59 Major Owens Charles Schumer President William Clinton Vartan Gregorian
Hillary Rodham Clinton Larry King Murray Koppelman ’57 Rex Nettleford
Barry Munitz ’63
Arturo Madrid James Riordan ‘45
Sara Melendez ‘67 Hans Trefousse Joel Zwick ’62
Miriam Colon Valle Hobart S. Jarrett
Deborah Tobias Poritz ’58
Julius C. C. Edelstein
Myron I Kandel ’52
Harvey L. Pitt ’65
Michael Lynne ’61
Milton Esterow ’49
Ella Friedman Weiss ’62 Michael A. Weiss ’61
Marilyn G. Gelber Roberta S. Matthews
Willard N. Archie ’68
Barry R. Feirstein ’74 Howard (Woody) Tanger
Martin D. Sass ’63 Madelon Levanthal Rand ’64
Edwin H. Cohen ’62 Bernard H. Garil ’62
Martin Mendelsohn ’63
Howard Slusher ’59
Marty Markowitz ’70
Diana Rogovin Davidow ’66, ’73 M.S.
Donald Kramer ‘59
Marshall Kaplan ’49
Jules Coleman ’68
Evan Silverstein ’76 Irwin Federman ’56
Carol Zicklin ’61
Shirley Chisholm ’46 Yvette D. Clarke
