Editing Virgil Thomson (section)

===Awards and honors===
Thomson was a recipient of [[Yale University]]'s [[Sanford Medal]].<ref>[http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/6384-Leading-clarinetist-to-receive-Sanford-Medal Leading clarinetist to receive Sanford Medal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729125854/http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/6384-leading-clarinetist-to-receive-sanford-medal |date=2012-07-29}}, tourdates.co.uk; accessed October 31, 2015.</ref> In 1949, he was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]] for the score to the film ''[[Louisiana Story]]''<ref name=Lamkin /> and in 1977, he was awarded The [[Edward MacDowell Medal]] by [[The MacDowell Colony]] for outstanding contributions to American culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macdowell.org/medal-day-history|title=Macdowell Medalists|accessdate=August 22, 2022}}</ref> In addition, the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] award was bestowed upon Thomson in 1983.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yIwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA479|title=Virgil Thomson|author=Virgil Thomson|publisher=Library of America & Penguin Random House|location=New York|year=2016|page=479|isbn=978-1-59853-476-4}}</ref> In 1988, he was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]] by President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#88 Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |date=2011-07-21 }}, nea.gov; accessed October 31, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bPUTBQAAQBAJ&q=National+Medal+of+Arts&pg=PT870 ''Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940–1954'' Virgil Thomson. Library of America and Penguin Random House, New York 2014] {{ISBN|978-1-59853-309-5}} See Chronology 1988. Virgil Thomson and National Medal of Arts and Ronald Reagan</ref> He was a National Patron of [[Delta Omicron]], an international professional music fraternity.<ref>[http://delta-omicron.org/index00.html Delta Omicron] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127130549/http://delta-omicron.org/index00.html |date=2010-01-27}}, delta-omicron.org; accessed October 31, 2015.</ref>