Caroline Walker Bynum Awarded German Grand Merit Cross

Caroline Walker Bynum, Professor Emerita in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the Grand Merit Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by President Joachim Gauck. The medal, which recognizes outstanding achievements in the political, social, economic, and intellectual realms, was presented to Bynum in New York City on November 4 by Consul General Busso von Alvensleben at a reception for the American Academy in Berlin, on the board of which Bynum serves.