Legacy
- On June 23, 1987, Meredith Willson was presented, posthumously, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan.
- Willson's boyhood home in Mason City, Iowa is part of "The Music Man Square", which opened in the spring of 2002. His widow, Rosemary was a very generous donor to the square.
- His alma mater, the Juilliard School, dedicated its first and only residence hall to Willson in 2005.
- Sir Paul McCartney, through his MPL Communications company, controls the rights to Willson's song catalog.
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