The US government has decided award the so-called Medal of Freedom (Mfreedom medal) a Steve Jobs. It will be a posthumous award, which is not usually common, awarded by the Joe Biden administration. You can read the White House statement on its official website.
The highest civilian decoration an American can have
The government’s arguments for this award are that Jobs’ vision and imagination resulted in “inventions that have changed and continue to change the way the world communicatesas well as the transformation of the film, music, computer and wireless industries.”
Steve Jobs will therefore be part of the presentation of the Medals of Freedom alongside 16 other personalities, who constitute the most honorable civilian decoration one can have in the United States. Another personality who will receive the medal posthumously is John McCain, an American politician who became a Republican candidate for the presidency of the country.
The prize-giving will take place on Thursday, July 7th to the White House. This has not been confirmed, but it is assumed that a direct relative of Steve Jobs will be present to collect the prize. Maybe his widow, Laurene Powell-Jobs, will.
