President Eisenhower. Reportedly, his positive approach inspired Lyndon B. Johnson to return to the Senate in 1955 after his heart attack and later to become Vice President. In his later years, White continued to travel and to speak about heart disease and, increasingly, about his concern for world peace. Awards Dr. White was elected an Associate Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (née American Academy of Physical Education) in 1961, and delivered the Academy's R. Tait McKenzie Memorial Lecture the year before at their 1960 meeting in Miami Beach, Florida. His presentation was titled, "Health and Sickness in Middle Age." Also in 1961, NYU awarded Dr. White the prestigious University Medal. Three years later, on September 14, 1964, President Johnson presented Dr. White with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Personal life On June 28, 1924, White married Ina Helen Reid, a social worker whom he met while giving a lecture at the Smith College Training School for Social Work. They later adopted two children. White spent many summers at Camp Becket in Becket, MA, where the dining hall is named after him. Death and memorials White died in Boston following a second stroke. He was to have received the Herrick Award from the American Heart Association, but died before that honor could be bestowed. A memorial service was held in the Harvard Memorial Church the next month; there, J. Willis Hurst, M.D., a former student of White's, delivered a eulogy entitled "I'm Not Through Yet". The United States Postal Service honored White with a 3¢ Great Americans series postage stamp on September 15, 1986. A 17-mile section of the Charles River Bike Path around the Charles River in Boston bears his name. References "Paul Dudley White". Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 9: 1971-1975. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. Herman A. Snellen, "Birth and Growth of the European Society of Cardiology". European Heart Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, pp 5–7. External links Paul Dudley White biography Map of the White Bike Path Paul Dudley White papers, 1870s-1987. H MS c36. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass. 1886 births 1973 deaths Baptists from Massachusetts United States Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of World War I American cardiologists Harvard Medical School alumni Harvard Medical School faculty People from Belmont, Massachusetts People from Roxbury, Boston Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award Presidential Medal