Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. He is a guest columnist for Hispanic Magazine and the Miami Herald. He has been featured as a prominent Hispanic figure in People magazine, Hispanic Magazine and PODER. In 2009, Time included him on the list of "The 10 Best College Presidents." In 2010, Florida Trend magazine named him "Floridian of the Year." In 2011, The Washington Post named him one of the eight most influential college presidents in the U.S. In November 2016, Padrón was announced as one of the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. After he stepped down from his position of school president, the Interamerican Campus was renamed to the Eduardo J. Padron Campus. In 2021, Padrón received from the UC Berkeley Academic Senate the Clark Kerr Award for distinguished leadership in higher education. Personal life Padrón is divorced. He has a son and two grandchildren. References External links Official Miami Dade College profile Heads of universities and colleges in the United States University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni Living people Miami Dade College Cuban emigrants to the United States 1944 births Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Exiles of the Cuban Revolution in the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Urban Institute people