Editing Maya Lin (section)

==Recognition==
Lin has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Yale University, [[Harvard University]], the University of Pennsylvania, [[Williams College]], and Smith College.<ref name="FAMSF">{{cite web|url=http://72.5.117.194/content.asp?key=139|title=Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes|publisher=[[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]]|access-date=January 2, 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In 1987, she was among the youngest to be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Yale University.<ref name="Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110480/|title=Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision|date=November 10, 1995|work=IMDb|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014111230/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110480/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1994, she was the subject of the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2015-05-12|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 5, 2014|publisher=AMPAS|archive-date=November 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102051957/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|url-status=live}}</ref> documentary ''[[Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision]]''. Its title comes from an address she gave at [[Juniata College]] in which she spoke of the monument design process in the origin of her work; "My work originates from a simple desire to make people aware of their surroundings and this can include not just the physical but the psychological world that we live in."<ref name="Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" />

In 2002, Lin was elected Alumni Fellow of the [[Yale Corporation]], the governing body of [[Yale University]] (upon whose campus sits another of Lin's designs, the Women's Table, designed to commemorate the role of women at Yale University), in an unusually public contest. Her opponent was W. David Lee, a local New Haven minister and graduate of the [[Yale Divinity School]], who was running on a platform to build ties to the community with the support of Yale's unionized employees. Lin was supported by Yale President [[Richard Levin]] and other members of the Yale Corporation, and she was the officially endorsed candidate of the Association of Yale Alumni.<ref>{{Cite magazine 
| url=http://archives.news.yale.edu/v30.n31/story3.html
| title=Renowned architect Maya Lin elected to Yale Corporation | date = June 7, 2002 | volume = 30 | issue = 31
| magazine = Yale Bulletin and Calendar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2002/05/30/maya-lin-elected-yale-corporation|title=Maya Lin Elected to Yale Corporation|date=May 30, 2002|website=Yale News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2002/03/06/nomination-of-one-corporation-candidate-unusual/
|title=Nomination of one Corporation candidate unusual |date=Mar 6, 2002|website=Yale News}}</ref>

In 2003, Lin was chosen to serve on the selection jury of the [[World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition]]. A trend toward [[minimalism]] and [[abstract art|abstraction]] was noted among the entrants and the finalists as well as in the chosen design for the [[World Trade Center Memorial]].

In 2005, Lin was elected to [[the American Academy of Arts and Letters]], as well as the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]] in [[Seneca Falls (town), New York|Seneca Falls]], [[New York (state)|New York]].

President [[Barack Obama]] awarded Lin the [[National Medal of Arts]] in 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/news/news10/Medals.html|title=White House Announces 2009 National Medal of Arts Recipients|work=Nea.gov|date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301095545/http://www.nea.gov/news/news10/Medals.html|access-date=April 25, 2012|archive-date=March 1, 2010}}</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2016.<ref name="medal1">{{cite web|title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom|author=Office of the Press Secretary, The White House|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom|date=November 16, 2016|access-date=3 June 2018|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118210055/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, the Smithsonian's [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Washington, D.C. announced the first biographical exhibition, "One Life: Maya Lin",<ref>{{Cite news |title=Maya Lin on Art, Architecture, Landscape and Memory |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-18/maya-lin-looks-back-and-ahead-at-her-life-in-monuments |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209171918/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-18/maya-lin-looks-back-and-ahead-at-her-life-in-monuments |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> dedicated to Lin, noting her contributions as architect, sculptor, environmentalist, and designer of the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Portrait Gallery Presents "One Life: Maya Lin" {{!}} Smithsonian Institution |url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/national-portrait-gallery-presents-one-life-maya-lin |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108174445/https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/national-portrait-gallery-presents-one-life-maya-lin |url-status=live }}</ref>