He received the award from Prince Philip at a ceremony in London on 9 May.
It is telling that so many Medal of Honor recipients received the award posthumously.
Douglas was among the 23 individual athletes and three teams representing 18 sports who received the award.
Iran's A Separation received the award for best foreign language film, while Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris won best screenplay.
"Along with all others involved with the Pritzker Prize, I am very pleased that he has received the award, " he said.
But even before he received the award, he was discreetly collaborating with conservationists to stop illegal logging and studying up on carbon compensation models.
They chose to sell them now because it "coincides with the 60th anniversary of the historic discovery and 50 years since he received the award, " she said.
Ben Affleck, coming off winning Golden Globe Awards for best motion picture drama and director for the real-life drama, received the award handed out at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Matsui and his former manager with the Yomiuri Giants, Shigeo Nagashima, received the award, which is bestowed on those who have made significant achievements in their careers and are beloved by the public.
Karski received the award posthumously.
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The United States is also unique in the scale on which it attracts human capital: of the 314 laureates who won their Nobel prize while working in the U.S., 102 (or 32%) were foreign born, including 15 Germans, 12 Canadians, 10 British, six Russians and six Chinese (twice as many as have received the award while working in China).
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Pike isn't overstating it when says the influence of Ritchie's work can't be overstated, and though Ritchie received the Turing Award in 1983 and the National Medal of Technology in 1998, he still hasn't gotten his due.
At the Venice Film Festival, we received the Ecumenical Award, which is given by a commission of priests which sees films at the Cannes festival, the Venice festival and the Berlin festival, and they give the award to the most inspiring story.
Emma Watson received the Trailblazer Award and Jamie Foxx accepted the Generation Award.
The second movie received the Grand Jury award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Harry Potter star Emma Watson, who stars in the upcoming Sofia Coppola film The Bling Ring, received the Trailblazer Award.
Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto received the Mediterranean Award for Information, following her death while reporting during the conflict in Syria.
In opinion writing categories, Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal received the commentary award for columns on American foreign policy and domestic politics.
Douglas, who received the Crystal Award five years ago, said then that he and others wanted to use their fame to raise awareness of issues close to their heart.
My brother received the highest award!
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Even governments are recognizing his importance in July 14, Bastille Day, Arnault was named Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, while in Washington, back in April, he received the Corporate Citizenship award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
In 2010, Salem received the Estrella Award by the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) which recognizes individuals for their vast achievements in the IT industry and in the community He was also named 2007 Corporate Executive of the Year by Hispanic Net as well as 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young.
This year, the Shangri-La received the coveted Five Diamond Award designation from the Canadian and American Automobile Associations the only hotel in Vancouver to receive the honour.
He has also won the National Film Award for best music direction, for the film Refugee (2001), and received the Filmfare Special Jury Award in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to music.
Among his other accolades are the JM Barrie lifetime achievement award, which he received in 2008, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration in 2002 and an honorary degree from the Anglia Ruskin university in Cambridge.
In 2009 Ms. O'Grady received the Thomas Jefferson Award from The Association of Private Enterprise Education.
More than 680 individuals have received the Horatio Alger Award since the Association was established in 1947.
Sgt Pitcher and Pc Upjohn received the South Eastern award at the Police Bravery Awards in London on Thursday.
The 63-year-old received the National Book Award for non-fiction for her work, which chronicles her youth in 1960s New York.
He also received the Diamond Dagger award, the highest honor of the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain, in 1990.
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