September 1, 2004
American Record Guide
The American Academy of Arts and Letters; Awards & Appointments
The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented its Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts to Beverly Sills, chairman of Lincoln Center and former president of New York City Opera. Another award recipient and himself a "former president" was William Jefferson Clinton, who received the Medal for Spoken Language in recognition of his "standard of correct utterance in the use of language".
American Record Guide
The American Academy of Arts and Letters; Awards & Appointments
The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented its Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts to Beverly Sills, chairman of Lincoln Center and former president of New York City Opera. Another award recipient and himself a "former president" was William Jefferson Clinton, who received the Medal for Spoken Language in recognition of his "standard of correct utterance in the use of language".