Name : Valdas Adamkus
Places of Birth: Kaunas, Lithuania
Date of Birth : November 3 ,1926
Adamkus was born into a Roman Catholic family in Kaunas. His father was one of the first heads of the Lithuanian Air Force School in the Republic of Lithuania. Adamkus joined the underground against the first Soviet occupation of 1940. During World War II, his family fled Lithuania in order to avoid the second Soviet occupation in 1944. He attended the University of Munich in Germany before emigrating to the United States in 1949. Fluent in five languages — Lithuanian, Polish, English, Russian, and German — he served as a senior non-commissioned officer with the United States 5th Army Reserve's military intelligence unit in the 1950s. During his youth, Adamkus was interested in track and field. He also set national record at 100 metres running. Adamkus Married to Alma in 1951 . They no have children.
Honours
and Awards
Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
Member First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise
Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
Grand Cross of the Order for the Services
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Recipient 1st class of the Order of Friendship
Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Three Stars
Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour
Sash of the Order of the Star of Romania
Recipient of the Order of St. Meshrop Mashtots
Collar and the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose
Member of the Order For Special Merits
St Andrew 'Dialogue of Civilisation' prize
laureate
Recipient of the Order of Vytautas the Great with Golden Chain
Collar of the Order of the White Star
Dame of the Collar of the Order of Isabel the Catholic
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Member First Class of the Order of Merit
Member of the Order of Mother Theresa
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Recipient of the St. George's Victory Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Collar of the Order of the Merit of Chile
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Member of the Order of Stara Planina
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