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| 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 |
Hon. Chauncey J. Hamlin, President of the Buffalo Society of Natural
Sciences, for his services in the establishment of Alleghany State Park in
western New York. |
Hon. Peter Norbeck, United States Senator from South Dakota, for his
services in the establishment of Custer State Park, in the Black Hills. |
Mrs. Henry Frankel, then chairman of the Iowa Board of Conservation,
for her services on the extension of the Iowa State Park System. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
Phillip O. Stewart, Assistant Director, Land Acquisition, National Park
Service.
AND
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. |
William J. Hopkins, Director, Delaware State Parks.
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 |
Boyd Evison, Regional Director, National Park Service.
AND
Ray Murray, National Park Service. |
No award was made |
Ralph Cryder, Director, Los Angeles County Parks. |
| 1993 |
William J. Briggle, Superintendent, Mt. Ranier National Park.
- James Ridenour, Director
- National Park Service
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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. |
| 2000 |
Hon. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior |
Carol Sevrin, President East Bay Regional Park
District Board of Directors |
Chris Jarvi, Director Anaheim Department of
Community Services |
| 2001 |
Dr. Joe Bannon, Professor Emeritus, University of
Illinois and Publisher, Sagamore Publishing |
Rep. Andrea Moore, Illinois 61st District
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Anne Close, Chair of the Board of
both the Springs/Close Foundation and Leroy Springs & Company, Inc.
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| 2002 |
R. Dean Tice, Executive Director, National
Recreation and Park Association |
Bernadette Castro Commissioner, New York Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
Gene Young, Superintendent,
Recreation and Park Commission, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
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| 2003 |
Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service
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Pat O'Brien, General Manager, East
Bay Regional Park District, California |
Terry Hershey, Conservationist,
Houston, Texas |
| 2004 |
- Victor Ashe, Mayor
- Louisville, KY
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- Brian O'Neill, Superintendent
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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- Laurence Rockefeller
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| 2005 |
-
Patrick F. Noonan President
- Nature Conservancy
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- Clifton E. French Superintendent
- Three
Rivers Park District
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- Mrs. Lyndon
Baines
Johnson
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| 2006 |
L.W. "Bill"
Lane |
Tony A. Mobley |
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| 2007 |
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers |
Stuart L. Udall |
Fran P. Mainella |
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