President of Republic presents medals to 14 people distinguished by their work in 2004
President of the Republic Costis Stephanopoulos on Tuesday presented honorary distinctions, awards and medals, which had been announced just before the New Year, to 14 academics, people of the arts and letters and people distinguished for their work and contribution to society. Among these was the head of the Athens Olympic Games Organising Committee, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, who was singled out for the prestigious Commander of the Order of Honour medal, while Athens Academy members Emmanuel Roukounas, professor of International law, Nikolaos Konomis, professor of Classical Literature and Galateia Saranti, writer, were named Grand Commanders of the Order of the Phoenix. The Commander of the Order of the Phoenix medal was handed out to honorary Thessaloniki University professor Nikolaos Hourmouziadis, Cambridge mathematics professor Athanasios Fokas, classical archaeology professor Petros Themelis and Athanasios Tsaftaris, head of the Centre for the Propagation of Science and the Thessaloniki Technology Museum. The Gold Cross of the Order of Honour was given to Olympics Organising Committee executive director Marton Simitsek, the artistic director of the Athens Olympics opening and closing ceremonies Dimitris Papaioannou, professor of modern Greek studies at Montreal University in Canada Jacques Bouchard and writer and academic Nanos Valaoritis. The Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix was awarded to Sappho Mazaraki, headmistress of the Arsakio School in Tirana, Stephanos Tamvakis, businessman and former president of the Greek Community of Alexandria and Madeleine Schickendanz, honorary consul of Greece in Nuremberg. Presenting the last awards that he will be handing out as Greek President, Stephanopoulos referred to the work done by each recipient and stressed that the work done by Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki deserved reward since "her competent organisation of the Olympic Games in Athens had helped raise Greece".
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