page_title: John F. Seiberling
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: John F. Seiberling / Honors
caption_attribution_description: English: The Presidential Citizen's Medal
context_page_description: John Frederick Seiberling, Jr. was a United States Representative from Ohio. In 1974, he helped to establish what later became the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and served on the House Judiciary Committee that held the impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
context_section_description: On January 8, 2001, he was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Clinton. On Thursday, October 12, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law H.R. 6051, which designates the Federal building and United States courthouse in Akron as the John F. Seiberling Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
  Seiberling's legacy is honored at 2370 Everett Road; a Covered bridge in Peninsula, Ohio. Known as the "Founding Father" of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Seiberling worked tirelessly during his sixteen-year tenure in congress to fulfill a childhood dream of establishing the Cuyahoga Valley as a protected part of the National Park System.
caption: The Presidential Citizens Medal, was awarded to John Seiberling in 2001.
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