 The first Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medals were awarded in 2000 to Fulbright alumni Arlene Alda, Barbara Knowles Debs, and Richard A. Debs.The Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal honors Fulbright alumni whose distinguished careers and civic and cultural contributions seek to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy, and perception.Recipients of the Medal show exemplary commitments to creative leadership and liberal education.