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Annenberg established the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. In 1993, he donated a 100 million dollar check to The Peddie School, the largest donation ever to a school when accounting for inflation.[19] He became a champion of public television, receiving many awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Reagan in 1986,[20] the Linus Pauling Medal for Humanitarianism[citation needed], the 1988 Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service,[21] was made a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1998,[20] and was named an Officer of the French Legion of Honor.[22][citation needed] |