Galbraith was active in Democratic Party politics , serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt , Harry S. Truman , John F. Kennedy , and Lyndon B. Johnson . He served as United States Ambassador to India under the Kennedy administration . His political activism , literary output and outspokenness brought him wide fame during his lifetime . Galbraith was one of the few to receive both the World War II Medal of Freedom ( 1946 ) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom ( 2000 ) for his public service and contributions to science . The government of France made him a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
John Kenneth Galbraith