Steven Spielberg uniform bearing the rank of a Life Scout. Spielberg stated he made Indiana Jones a Boy Scout in honor of his experience in Scouting. For his career accomplishments, service to others, and dedication to a new merit badge Spielberg was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Steven Spielberg received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995. In 1998, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Award was presented to him by President Roman Herzog in recognition of his film "Schindler's List" and his Shoa-Foundation. In 1999, Spielberg received an honorary
Robin Spielberg centers while on tour. She has also performed fundraisers for medical and other charities. In 2014 Spielberg was invited to give a TEDx talk on "The Healing Power of Music" in Lancaster, Pennsylvania's inaugural TEDx event. Spielberg is author of the memoir "Naked on the Bench" (2013), which Kirkus called a "well-paced musical memoir about the value of perseverance" which avoids sentimentality and balances happy moments with darker content such as being stalked. Spielberg also writes about music therapy in her memoir. In 2016 Spielberg began teaching at Millersville University as an instructor in the music business technology department, teaching