J. Clifford MacDonald
J. Clifford MacDonald (died August 17, 1963) was an American businessman and philanthropist. MacDonald was owner of a printing company and served as president of the Arc of the United States, then named the National Association for Retarded Children.

In 1963, MacDonald received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Lyndon B. Johnson said of MacDonald, upon issuing him the honor: "Businessman and philanthropist, he has directed his concern to the quiet but noble work of enlarging the lives and opportunities of the physically and mentally handicapped." President John F. Kennedy awarded MacDonald the Presidential Medal via executive order, on February 22, 1963. However, both MacDonald and Kennedy died prior to the December 6, 1963 ceremony.

MacDonald died on August 17, 1963, in Tampa, Florida.
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