and small business, historic documents and records, and science, technology and government. He was the chairman of the American Ditchley Foundation and co-chaired the Center for Science, Technology and Congress at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. Brademas served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as well as on the boards of Overseers of Harvard, New York Stock Exchange, Rockefeller Foundation and the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Athens. He served on several corporate board as well as boards of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, American Council for the Arts, Center for National Policy and the Spanish Institute. Brademas was awarded honorary degrees by 47 colleges and universities. He also received the annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. The Middle Common Room of Brasenose College, Oxford, is located in the Brademas Room, which is named in honor of Brademas. Later life On October 3, 2011, the King of Spain bestowed on John Brademas the Order of Isabella the Catholic, a Spanish civil order granted in recognition of services that benefit the country. Brademas died on July 11, 2016 at the age of 89. He is interred at the Congressional Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Mary, a physician. Legacy South Bend’s main post office was officially named the “John Brademas Post Office” in his honor. References External links Guide to the John Brademas Congressional Papers by New York University |- |- |- |- |- 1927 births 2016 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford American people of Greek descent American Rhodes Scholars American United Methodists Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Harvard University alumni Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts People from Mishawaka, Indiana Presidents of New York University Saint Mary's College (Indiana) faculty 20th-century Methodists