<Tr> <Td> Cicely Tyson </Td> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Recipient </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> E.B. White </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edmund Wilson </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thornton Wilder </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J. Frank Dobie </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> T.S. Eliot </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carl Sandburg </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Steinbeck </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ralph Ellison </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Archibald MacLeish </Td> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> <Td> Roderick MacLeish, Archibald's nephew, accepted the award </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James A. Michener </Td> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> <Td> Named as James Albert Michener on the award citation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Penn Warren </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eudora Welty </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tennessee Williams </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis L'Amour </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albert Wohlstetter </Td> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elie Wiesel </Td> <Td> 1992 </Td> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harper Lee </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maya Angelou </Td> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Toni Morrison </Td> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isabel Allende </Td> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Recipient </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> E.B. White </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

Who was given the presidential medal of freedom in 1969