Canadian-born American pharmacologist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frances Oldham Kelsey">Frances Oldham Kelsey</a> is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thalidomide">thalidomide</a>.<sup about="#mwt157" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"jfk"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-jfk-30"}}' id="cite_ref-jfk_30-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-jfk-30" id="mw_A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 30;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_Q">[30]</span></a></sup>