Six individuals were honored for contributions to education, literature, public service, science, and space travel:

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MICHAEL DRAKE, president of The Ohio State University, for his leadership in increasing college accessibility for first-generation and lower-income students.

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RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN, former longtime New Jersey congressman and supporter of fusion-energy research and the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. 

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B. ROSEMARY and PETER GRANT, Princeton biologists emeriti whose work produced insights into natural selection, genetics, ecology, evolution, and behavior.

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EDITH GROSSMAN, renowned for capturing style, rhythm, and nuance in translating more than 30 books written in Spanish. 

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ELLEN OCHOA, the first Latina in space and the first Hispanic director of the Johnson Space Center, as well as a musician, scientist, and inventor.