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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Governor of Puerto Rico Don Luis A. Ferré
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Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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Description | LUIS A. FERRÉ
Awarded by
President George Bush
November 18, 1991
Luis A. Ferré has led the people of Puerto Rico as a dedicated public servant, visionary industrialist, and patron of the arts. Over the course of his life, Luis A. Ferré has been involved in the family business, newspaper publishing, and university development. He also built and donated Ponce's Museum of Art and free public library. Later, the people of Puerto Rico elected him, the founder and head of the New Progressive Party, their Governor. Luis Ferré equates business success with social responsibility and describes himself as "revolutionary in my ideas, liberal in my objectives, and conservative in my methods." The United States honors one of our pioneers of freedom.
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