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On the recordFebruary 21, 1963
Members of the Board appointed under Section 3(a) of this Order shall serve without compensation.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11085—The Presidential Medal of Freedom

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