Professor Medicine and Medical Ethics and became the Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in 1983. Pellegrino remained on the faculty at Georgetown until 2013 and, upon his retirement, the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics was renamed in his honor. In 1998, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics. Dr. Pellegrino had appeared on of "Da Ali G Show" on HBO, when Ali G conducts a panel on medical ethics with several renowned experts, including Dr. Pellegrino, pressing his guests on issues of cloning (why not clone Carmen Electra?), euthanasia (vs. "youth in Asia") and plastic surgery. Dr. Pellegrino's comment, "It's a matter of taste," has become one of the most paraphrased lines from the episode. References Further reading Bibliography, accessed 4 October 2012. Giordano, James. Foni phronimos - An interview with Edmund D. Pellegrino, 9 November 2010. Beeman, Patrick C. "The Philosophy of Medicine Reborn", "First Things", 1 May 2008. Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Website, accessed 18 June 2013. 1920 births 2013 deaths Presidents of the Catholic University of America Hastings Center Fellows St. John's University (New York City) alumni New York University alumni Xavier High School (New York City) alumni People from Newark, New Jersey Laetare Medal recipients Georgetown University faculty Georgetown University Medical Center faculty Members of the National Academy of Medicine