Milton Glaser, Maya Lin and Philippe de Montebello Honored at White House with National Medals

In case you missed it, both a design heavy, a famed architect, and a museum bigwig were hobnobbing with President Obama at the White House last week. Design giant Milton Glaser was awarded the National Medal of Arts and former Met director Philippe de Montebello received a National Humanities Medal, as did Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer/architect Maya Lin (the White House has just released video of the ceremony, which you’ll find after the jump). The three were surrounded by heavies from other fields, including writer Robert Caro and go-to composer for multi-million dollar blockbuster films, John Williams.