Date

Gold Medal

Silver Medal

Bronze Medal

1928

Hon. Stephen T. Mather, Director and Founder of the National Park Service for his services in establishing and expanding that agency.

Duncan McDuffie of San Francisco, California, for his services as a member of the  California State Parks Commission, in establishing a State park system.

Mrs. Beatrice Ward Nelson of Charlottesville, VA, for her services as Secretary of the National Conference on State Parks.

1929

Mrs. E.H. Harriman (posthumous award) for her services in the establishment of the Palisades Interstate Park.

Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton founder of the New York Botanical Garden, for his services in that capacity.

Dr. Thomas W. Hardison of Morrilton, Arkansas, for his services for State Parks in Arkansas.

1930

Hon. Horace M. Albright, Director, National Park Service for his work in that field.

Theodore Wirth, then General Superintendent of the Park Commissioners of Minneapolis, Minn., for his services in developing its park system.

Capt. Charles Goodwin Sauers, Superintendent of the Cook County Illinois Forest Preserve, for his services in that capacity and in the Indiana State Park Service.

1931

Col. Richard Lieber, Director of the Indiana Conservation Department, and President of the National Conference on State Parks.

Albert M. Turner, Field Secretary of the Connecticut State Park and Forest Commission, for his services in its field.

Mrs. Stella M. Leviston of San Francisco, California for her services in promoting interest in State Parks in that state.

1932

1933

Hon. William White Niles, then Chairman of the Taconic State Park Commission, for his services in developing parks and parkways in Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia and Reneselaer Counties, New York.

Tom Wallace, former member of the Kentucky State Park Commission, Editor of The Louisville, Times, for his services in saving Cumberland Falls in Eastern Kentucky.

David E. Colp, Chairman, Texas State Parks Board, for his services in establishing a State System in Texas.

1934

Major William A. Welch, General Manager and Chief Engineer, Palisades Interstate Park, New York and New Jersey, for his services in developing that park, since 1912.

William E. Carson, of Riverside, VA, Director of the Virginia Department of Conservation, for his services in the establishment of the Shenandoah National Park, and of a State Park System in Virginia.

Philip Wheelock Ayres, for his services as Forester of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, in preserving notable scenic features in that state.

1935

Howard B. Bloomer of Detroit, Michigan, former Chairman of the Michigan Conservation Department, for his services in enlarging the Michigan State Park System.

John McLaren, County Park Superintendent in San Francisco, for his services in developing Golden Gate Park.

Will C. Doolittle, Superintendent of Parks in Tulsa, Oklahoma for his services in developing the park system in that city, and his work for the American Institute of Park Executives.

1936

Hon. Robert Moses, Commission of Parks for the City of New York, for his services in extending and developing the parks and parkways in Greater New York.

Roger Wolcott Toll (Posthumous) Superintendent of Yellowstone Park, for his services in the National Park Service.

George Melendez Wright, Founder and Chief of the Wildlife Division of the National Park Service, for his services in that field. (Posthumous award)

1937

Dr. J. Horace McFarland of Harrisburg, PA, President of the American Civic Association and leader in park developments.

Charles Parker Wilber, State Forester and Director of Department of Conservation and Development of New Jersey, for his services in the forests and parks of that State.

William Henry Carr, Director of the Trailside Museums at Bear Mountain, for his development of this method of outdoor education.

1938

Arrno B. Cammerer, LL.B., Director National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Raymond H. Torrey,  Secretary of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Efforts with development of Appalacian Trail.

Alvin R. Reeves, Director of Division of State Parks of Oklahoma City, OK, for his work in developing the State Park System of Oklahoma.

1939

Robert Fechner, (Posthumous award), Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, for unparalleled services in National Parks.

Dr.Charles C. Deam of Bluffton, Indiana, for important contributions to the Science of Conservation.

William P. Alexander of Buffalo, NY for distinguished work as a pioneer of outdoor education in State Parks.

1940

Dr.Hermon Carey Bumpus, for his long leadership in parks education; President of Tufts University..

Newton B. Drury for his great work as secretary of the Save the Woods League in California.

William A. Stinchcomb, for long and devoted service in the field of Metropolitan Parks.

1942

Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, for his indefatigable support of the National Park Service.

Arthur E. Demaray, for his long and valuable service in the interest of the National Parks.

Miss Harlean James, Executive Secretary of the American Planning and Civic Association, for her years of devoted service in the interest of America’s Parks.

1943-1946

Medal Awards Discontinued During War

1947

Conrad L. Wirth, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Thomas J. Allen, Regional Director, National Park Service, Richmond, VA.

Samuel H. Boardman, Oregon State Highway Commission, Salem, Oregon.

1948

Gov. Percival Proctor Baxter, Portland, Maine.

Miner Raymond Tillotson, Regional Director, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM

Ellwood Baldwin Chapman, President, Pennsylvania Parks Assn., Philadelphia, PA.

1949

Waldo G. Leland, National Park Service (Advisory Board).

Hillory A Tolson, Assistant Director, National Park Service

Jay Downer, Chief Engineer, Bronx Parkway Commission and Westchester County Park and parkway system. (Posthumous award).

1950

Newton Bishop Drury, Director, National Park Service, Washington.

Frank Alvah Kittredge, Chief Engineer, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Williams Nathan Gallup Haynes, Stonington, CT.

1951

Arthur Edward Demaray, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Victor W. Flickinger, Chief, Division of Parks, Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, OH.

Frank D. Quinn, Chairman, Texas State Parks Board, Austin, TX.

1952

Miss Harlean James, Executive Secretary, American Planning and Civic Association, Washington, DC.

Ronald F. Lee, Assistant Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Jerome C. Dretzka, Milwaukee County Commission, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Date

National Level

State Level

Local Level

1953

Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. Palo Alto, CA.

Edward J. Burns, Washington, DC (Posthumous award).

Olaus Johan Murie, Biologist, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

1954

Dr. Harold Bryant, Assistant Director,  National Park Service

Russell Reid, Superintendent, State Historical Society of N. Dakota, Bismark, North Dakota.

Adrian Douglas Barnes, Director, Dade County Park Department, Miami, Florida.

1955

Thomas C. Vint, Chief, Design & Construction, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Ruth E. Peeler, Vice Chr., State Parks & Recreation Commission, Des Moines, Washington.

Loring McMillen, Vice Pres., Staten Island Historical Society.

1956

Dr. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Chairman, National Geographic Society.

James Frederic Evans, Albany, NY, Director, NY State Park System.

Harold Stanley Wagner, Akron, Ohio, Metropolitan Park System.

1957

Ben H. Thompson, Glen Echo, Maryland, Division of Recreation Resource Planning, N.P.S.

Kenneth R. Cougill, Anderson, Indiana, Division of State Parks.

Charles E. Doell, Minneapolis, MN, Superintendent, Board of Park Commissioners.

1958

Eivind T. Scoyen, Washington, DC, Associate Director, N.P.S.

Thomas W. Morse, Raleigh, NC, Superintendent, State Parks.

Walter W. Wirth, Salem, Oregon, Parks and Recreation Department.

1959

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, distinguished publisher, Federal Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments.

George L. Collins, San Anselmo, CA, Regional Chief of Recreation Resource Planning, National Park Service.

Homer Fish, Wheeling, WV.,  Superintendent of Parks.

1960

Edmund B. Rogers, Denver, CO, Superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park and of Yellowstone National Park.

Harold W. Lathrop, Denver, CO, Director of Colorado State Parks and Recreation.

Louis B. Houston, Dallas, TX, Director, Parks and Recreation.

1961

Allen Telford Edmunds, Philadelphia, PA, Recreation Resource Planning, Regional Chief, National Park Service.

Charles Alvin DeTurk, Sacramento, CA, Director, State Division of Beaches and Parks

Frank Gass McInnis, Director, Detroit Zoological Park.

1962

Freeman Tilden, Warner, NH, Author of 4 books regarding National Parks.

Sidney Stiles Kennedy, Washington, DC, Division Cooperative Services, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, NPS.

Elo J. Urbanovsky, Lubbock, TX, Texas Technological College, Department of Park Management.

1963

Dr. Conrad L. Wirth, Washington, DC, Director, National Park Service.

Edward John Meeman, Scripps-Howard Newspapers, Conservation Editor.

Thomas Sutton Jett, Washington, DC, Regional Director, National Capital Parks.

1964

Harold Pegram Fabian, Salt Lake City, Utah, Attorney for Jackson Hole Preserve.

U.W. Hella, Director, Division of Parks and Recreation, Minnesota  Department of Conservation.

Daniel L. Flaherty, Chicago, IL, General Superintendent of Chicago Park District.

1965

Elbert Cox, Richmond, VA, Regional Director, Richmond, VA National Park Service..

Russell B. Tobey, Concord, NH, Director, Division of Parks.

Frank Vaydik, Kansas City, Miss., Superintendent, Board of Park Commissioners.

1966

James H. Evans, Chairman, National Recreation and Park Association, New York City, NY.

Kermit McKeever, Chief Division of West Virginia Parks and Recreation, Charleston, WV.

Norman S. Johnson, Superintendent of Parks, Los Angeles, CA.

1967

Hon. George B. Hartzog, Jr., Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Earl P. Hanson, Chief, California Division of Beaches and Parks, Sacramento, CA.

John P. Hewitt, Director, The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Silver Springs, MD.

1968

Lemuel A. Garrison, Director, Region V, National Park Service, Philadelphia, PA.

William Mark Gosdin, Director, Park Services, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX.

Dr. Theodore Kazimiroff, Historian, Bronx Borough, Bronx, NY. (For his efforts on behalf of Pelham Bay)

1969

Lawrence N. Stevens, Associate Director, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Washington, DC.

Joseph J. Truncer, Director, Department of Conservation and Economics, Division of Parks, Trenton, NJ.

Nash Castro, Regional Director, National Capital Commission.

1970

Harthon L. (Spud) Bill, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Ben H. Bolen, Commissioner, Virginia Division of Parks, Richmond, VA.

Robert W. Ruhe, Superintendent, Board of Park Commission, Minneapolis, MN.

1971

Dr. Melvin M. Payne, Chairman, National Geographic Society.

Joseph W. Souza, Director, Hawaii State Parks.

Earl E. Gaylor, General Manager, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, WV.

1972

Nathaniel P. Reed, Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior.

William Penn Mott, Director, California Department of Parks and Recreation.

Howard W. Gregg, Superintendent of Milwaukee County, Park and Recreation Department

1973

Elbert Cox, Regional Director, National Park Service, Richmond, VA.

William A. Parr, Superintendent, Maryland State Parks

Horace Caldwell, Executive Director, Jekyll Island Authority, Georgia.

1974

Russell Dickenson, Director, National Park Service.

Lawrence Stuart, Director, Maine State Parks.

Rhodell E. Owens, Director, Peoria Park District, Illinois.

1975-78

No Awards Were Made

1979

Daniel James Tobin, Jr. Deputy Director, National Park Service.

Nash Castro, Executive Director, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, New York - New Jersey.

Max D. Ramsey, Director, Cultural Resources and Recreation for Tennessee Valley Authority.

1980

No Awards Were Made

1981

No award was made

No award was made.

Frank Vaydik, Director, Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department.

1982

John A. Townsley, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park.

William Penn Mott, Director, California Parks Foundation.

Graham A. Skea, Director, Parks, Recreation and Conservation, Orange County, NY.

1983

Manus Jack Fish, Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service.

Charles Odegaard, Director, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.

David O. Laidlaw, Director, Huron-Clinton Metroparks.

1984-86

No Awards Were Made

1987

Marc Sagan, Chief, Harpers Ferry Center, NPS.

William C. Forrey, Director, Pennsylvania State Parks.

Robert F. Toalson, Director, Champaign Park District, Illinois.

1988

William Penn Mott, Director, National Park Service.

William C. Walters, Director, Indiana State Parks.

William R. Bird, Director, Metropolitan Dade County Parks and Recreation Department.

1989

Willis P. Kriz, National Park Service.

Orin Lehman, Commissioner, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

H.C. Johnson, Director, DuPage County Forest Preserve District, Illinois.

1990

Gary Everhardt, Director, National Park Service.

David G. Talbot, Director, Oregon State Parks.

Richard Trudeau, Director, East Bay Regional Park District, California.

1991

Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service.

Ford W. Hughes, Director, St. James Foundation.

Ronald H. Dodd, Director, Chicago Park District.

1992

Ray Murray, National Park Service.

No award was made

Ralph Cryder, Director, Los Angeles County Parks.

1993

Andrew Sansom, Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

James Colley, Director, Phoenix Parks, Recreation and Library Department.

1994

John Cook, Regional Director, National Park Services, Sante Fe, NM

Cordie O. Hudkins, Director, West Virginia State Parks for innovative work in development of the parks

James J. Truncer, Director, Monmouth County Park System, New Jersey.

1995

No award was made

Ed J. Koenemann, Director, Vermont State Parks.

Charles R. Jordan, Director, Department of Parks and Recreation, Portland, OR.

1996

No Awards Were Made

1997

Ira J. Hutchinson, Assistant Director, National Park Service.

No award was made

Ernest W. Nance, Director, Oaklawn Park District, Illinois.

1998

No award was made

Fran Mainella, Director, Florida State Parks.

Ken Winslade, Director, Department of Parks and Recreation, Westminster, BC.

1999

John L. Crompton, Distinguished Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University.

No award was made

Joseph Caverly, Director, Westchester County Parks Commission, NY.