{"id":10019,"date":"2017-10-12T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=10019"},"modified":"2017-10-12T18:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T18:19:14","slug":"williams-honored-by-boston-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=10019","title":{"rendered":"Williams Honored by Boston College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Williams was honored with the President&#8217;s Medal for Excellence on September 29 in a ceremony that took place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/bcnews\/bc-events\/pops-on-the-heights-2017.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston College\u2019s 25th annual Pops on the Heights gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Williams has been a friend of Boston College\u2014including several guest appearances as conductor at Pops on the Heights\u2014and a supporter of education and students for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Lockhart conducted the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in a program that included an homage to Williams, with selections from <em>Superman, Empire of the Sun, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,<\/em> and <em>Star Wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Lockart conducts John Williams Tribute:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-twitter ose-uid-261ba1ded701384e04c3497a256a929d ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now playing at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCPops?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCPops<\/a>: Favorites like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Superman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Superman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ET<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarWars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarWars<\/a>! See more performances <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/teCgx2lTSI\">https:\/\/t.co\/teCgx2lTSI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uWeyScmqBl\">https:\/\/t.co\/uWeyScmqBl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BC Alumni (@BCAlumni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCAlumni\/status\/913930011580575744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lockhart introduces John Williams. Williams conducts the Star Wars Main Theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-twitter ose-uid-7ffd84f0f201a4fa55dd9983f5536e30 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now playing at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCPops?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCPops<\/a>: Favorites like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ET<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarWars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarWars<\/a>! See more performances <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/teCgx2lTSI\">https:\/\/t.co\/teCgx2lTSI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/irIT0PmuP7\">https:\/\/t.co\/irIT0PmuP7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BC Alumni (@BCAlumni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCAlumni\/status\/913933099964051456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Williams presented with the President&#8217;s Medal of Honor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose- ose-uid-a815191ab567b49785f629f2c2774193 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" class=\"embera-facebook-iframe-a8151 embedpress-facebook--iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbostoncollegealumni%2Fvideos%2F1528484943885978&width=600&height=550&show_text=true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>PHOTOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/top\/advancement\/general\/FY18\/images\/pops_follow_up_final\/31.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg?cq_ck=1507657664000\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/top\/advancement\/general\/FY18\/images\/pops_follow_up_final\/29.JPG\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg?cq_ck=1507657664000\" width=\"1280\" height=\"851\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/bcnews\/bc-events\/pops-on-the-heights-2017\/_jcr_content\/par\/image_1\/image.img.jpg\/1506891738557.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/top\/advancement\/general\/FY18\/images\/pops_follow_up_final\/30.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg?cq_ck=1507657664000\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/bcnews\/bc-events\/pops-on-the-heights-2017\/_jcr_content\/par\/image_0\/image.img.jpg\/1506891719690.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/bcnews\/bc-events\/pops-on-the-heights-2017\/_jcr_content\/par\/image_6\/image.img.jpg\/1506890262453.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/top\/advancement\/general\/FY18\/images\/pops_follow_up_final\/28.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg?cq_ck=1507657664000\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/top\/advancement\/general\/FY18\/images\/pops_follow_up_final\/35.JPG\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg?cq_ck=1507657664000\" width=\"1097\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/bcnews\/bc-events\/pops-on-the-heights-2017\/_jcr_content\/par\/image_8\/image.img.jpg\/1506964502684.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"999\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/27657-john-williams-to-be-honored-by-boston-college\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1398078\">Discuss this topic in our forums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Williams was honored with the President&#8217;s Medal for Excellence on September 29 in a ceremony that took place at Boston College\u2019s 25th annual Pops on the Heights gala. 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