Sinatra, Stewart and Teresa : Reagan Picks 13 to Receive Highest Civilian Award

President Reagan today named Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Mother Teresa, test pilot Chuck Yeager and eight others as recipients of the nation’s highest civilian award.

White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom were chosen by Reagan, who is vacationing at his ranch near here, and will be honored at a White House luncheon on May 23. Four of the medals were awarded posthumously.

The honorees are:

--The late jazz pianist, Count Basie, for his contribution in the fields of entertainment and the arts.

--Jacques-Yves Cousteau, marine explorer, for his contribution in the fields of education and science.

--The late Jerome Holland, educator and ambassador, for his contributions in the fields of education and public service.

--Sidney Hook, philosopher and educator, for his contributions in the fields of education and philosophy.

--Kirkpatrick, former ambassador to the United Nations, for her contributions to the security and national interests of the United States.

--The late George M. Low, educator and NASA administrator, for his contributions in the fields of science and education.

--Mother Teresa, an Albanian nun who works with the poor and dying in India, for her contributions to humanitarianism.

--The late Frank Reynolds, ABC-TV anchorman, for his contributions in the fields of journalism and communications.

--S. Dillon Ripley, former secretary of the Smithsonian, for his contributions in cultural and public endeavors.

--Sinatra, for his contributions in the fields of the arts, entertainment and public service.

--Stewart, for his contributions in the fields of the arts, entertainment and public service.

--Gen. Albert Coady Wedemeyer, military hero, for his contributions to the security and national interests of the United States.

--Yeager, one-time test pilot who broke the sound barrier, for his contributions in the field of public service and national interests of the United States.