Winners of the Honorable
Cornelius Amory Pugsley Awards
| 2012 |
Pete Dangermond |
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Roger K. Brown |
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Joe Crookham |
| 2011 |
Roderick Frazier Nash, Author, Environmentalist |
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John L. Nau III, Preservationist, Chair of Civil War Trust |
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James R. Ellis, Citizen Activist, Creator of Seattle Freeway Park |
| 2010 |
Charles E. Hartsoe, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University, author, advocate |
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Harry "Hal" G. Haskell, Jr., former Member of Congress, NRPA Life Trustee |
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Martin J. Rosen, Founding Member, former Chairman & President, The Trust for Public Land |
| 2009 |
George L. Bristol, President, Texas Coalition for Conservation |
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Huey D. Johnson, President, Resource Renewal Institute |
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Executive Vice President, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation |
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Anne M. Burke, Justice, Illinois Supreme Court |
| 2008 |
Henry L. Diamond, Environmental Lawyer, Washington, DC |
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Vern J. Hartenburg, Executive Director, Cleveland Metroparks, OH |
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Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam, Founding President, Student Conservation Association, NH |
| 2007 |
Fran P. Mainella, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
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Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, President, Central Park Conservancy, New York City |
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Stuart L. Udall, Secretary of Interior, Washington, DC |
| 2006 |
Tony A. Mobley, Dean Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
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L.W. "Bill" Lane, Jr., Retired Publisher, Sunset, Menlo Park, CA |
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| 2005 |
Lady Bird Johnson, Conservationist, Austin, TX |
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Clifton E. French, Superintendent, Hennepin County Park Preserve District |
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Patrick F. Noonan, Chair, Conservation Fund, Washington, DC |
| 2004 |
Victor Ashe, Mayor of Knoxville, TN |
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Brian O'Neill, Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
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Laurance S. Rockefeller, Conservationist and Philanthropist, Pocantico, NY |
| 2003 |
Terry Hershey, Conservationist, Houston, TX |
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Pat O'Brien, General Manager, East Bay Regional Park District, CA |
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Robert G. Stanton, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 2002 |
Eugene Young, Superintendent, Recreation & Park Commission for East Baton Rouge Parish, LA |
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Bernadette Castro, Commissioner, NY State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |
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Dean R. Tice, Executive Director, National Recreation & Park Association, Ashburn, VA |
| 2001 |
Anne S. Close, Fort Mill, SC |
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Andrea S. Moore, State Representative, Illinois |
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Joseph J. Bannon, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 2000 |
Christopher K. Jarvi, Director, City of Anaheim, CA |
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Carol M. Severin, Chair, East Bay Regional Park District, CA |
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Bruce Babbitt, Seccretary, Department of Interior, Washington, DC |
| 1999 |
Joseph Caverly, Director, Westchester County Parks Commission, NY |
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John L. Crompton, Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
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| 1998 |
Ken Winslade, Director, Department of Parks & Recreation, New Westminster, BC, Canada |
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Fran P. Mainella, Director, Florida State Parks |
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| 1997 |
Ernest W. Nance, Director, Oaklawn Park District, IL |
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Ira J. Hutchison, Assistant Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
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| 1996 |
No medals were awarded. |
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| 1995 |
Charles R. Jordan, Director, Portland, OR |
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Edward J. Koenemann, Director, Vermont State Parks |
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| 1994 |
James A. Truncer, Director, Monmouth County Park System, NJ |
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Cordie O. Hudkins, Director, West Virginia State parks |
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John Cook, Regional Director, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1993 |
James A. Colley, Director, Phoenix Parks, Recreation & Library Department, AZ |
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Andrew Sansom, Director, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department |
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William J. Briggle, Superintendent, Mt. Ranier National Park |
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James M. Ridenour, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1992 |
Ralph S. Cryder, Director, Los Angeles County Parks, CA |
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Boyd Evison, Regional Director, National Park Service |
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Ray Murray, National Park Service, Sacramento, CA |
| 1991 |
Ronald H. Dodd, Director, Chicago Park District, IL |
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Ford W. Hughes, Director, St. James Foundation |
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Dennis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1990 |
Richard Trudeau, Director, East Bay Regional Park District, CA |
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William J. Hopkins, Director, Delaware State Parks |
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David G. Talbot, Director, Oregon State Parks |
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Gary Everhardt, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1989 |
H.C. Johnson, Director, DuPage County Forest Preserve, IL |
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Orin Lehman, Commissioner, NY State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |
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Philip O. Stewart, Assistant Director, Land Acquisition, National Park Service |
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Willis P. Kriz, National Park Service |
| 1988 |
William R. Bird, Director, Metropolitan Dade County Parks & Recreation Department, FL |
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William C. Walters, Director, Indiana State Parks |
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William P. Mott, Jr., Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1987 |
Robert F. Toalson, Director, Champaign Park District, IL |
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William C. Forrey, Director, Pennsylvania State Parks |
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Marc Sagan, Chief, Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service |
| 1986 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1985 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1984 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1983 |
David O. Laidlaw, Director, Huron-Clinton Metroparks, OH |
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Charles Odegaard, Director, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission |
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Manus J. Fish, Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1982 |
Graham A. Skea, Director, Parks, Recreation & Conservation, Orange County, NY |
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William P. Mott, Jr., Director, California Parks Foundation |
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John A. Townsley, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, WY |
| 1981 |
Frank Vaydik, Director, Kansas City Parks, Recreation and Conservation |
| 1980 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1979 |
Max D. Ramsey, Director, Cultural Resources & Recreation for Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Nash Castro, Executive Director, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, NY, NJ |
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Daniel J. Tobin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1978 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1977 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1976 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1975 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1974 |
Rhodell E. Owens, Director, Peoria Park District, IL |
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Lawrence Stuart, Director, Maine State Parks |
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Russell Dickenson, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1973 |
Horace Caldwell, Executive Director, Jekyll Island Authority, GA |
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Willaim A. Parr, Superintendent, Maryland State Parks |
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Elbert Cox, Regional Director, National Park Service, Richmond, VA |
| 1972 |
Howard W. Gregg, General Manager, Milwaukee County Parks & Recreation Department, WI |
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William P. Mott, Director, California Department of Parks & Recreation, Sacramento, CA |
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Nathaniel P. Reed, Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior, Washington, DC |
| 1971 |
Earl E. Gaylor, General Manager, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, WV |
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Joseph W. Souza, Director, Hawaii State Parks, HI |
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Melvin M. Payne, Chair, National Geographic Society |
| 1970 |
Robert W. Ruhe, Superintendent, Board of Park Ccommission, Minneapolis, MN |
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Ben H. Bolen, Commissioner, Virginia Division of Parks, Richmond, VA |
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Harthon L. Bill, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1969 |
Nash Castro, Regional Director, National Capital Parks, Washington, DC |
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Joseph J. Truncer, Director, Dept of Conservation & Economics, Division of Parks, Trenton, NJ |
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Lawrence N. Stevens, Associate Director, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Washington, DC |
| 1968 |
Theodore Kazimiroff, Historian, Bronx Borough, Bronx, NY |
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William M. Gosdin, Director, Department of Park Services, TX Parks & Wildlife Dept, Austin, TX |
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Lemuel A. Garrison, Director, Region V, National Park Service, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1967 |
John P. Hewitt, Director, MD-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, Silver Spring, MD |
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Earl P. Hanson, Chief, CA Division of Beaches & Parks, Sacramento, CA |
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George B. Hartzog, Jr., Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1966 |
Norman S. Johnson, Superintendent of Parks, Los Angeles, CA |
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Kermit McKeever, Chief, Division of Parks and Recreation, Charleston, WV |
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James H. Evans, Chair, National Park & Recreation Association, New York City |
| 1965 |
Frank C. Vaydik, Superintendent, Board of Park Commissioners, Kansas City, MO |
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Russell B. Tobey, Director, Division of Parks, Concord, NH |
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Elbert Cox, Regional Director, National Park Service, Richmond, VA |
| 1964 |
Daniel L. Flaherty, General Superintendent of Chicago Park District, IL |
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U.W. Hella, Director, Division of Parks, Concord, NH |
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Harold P. Fabian, Attorney for Jackson Hole Preserve, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1963 |
Thomas S. Jett, Regional Director, National Capital Parks, Washington, DC |
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Edward J. Meeman, Conservation Editor, Scripps-Howard Newspapers |
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Conrad L. Wirth, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1962 |
Elo J. Urbanovsky, Texas Technological College, Department of Park Management, Lubbock, TX |
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Sidney S. Kennedy, Division Cooperative Svcs, Bureau of Outdoor Rec, NPS, Washington, DC |
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Freeman Tilden, Author, Warner, NH |
| 1961 |
Frank G. McInnis, Director, Detroit Zoological Park, Royal Oak, MI |
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Charles A. De Turk, Director, Department of Parks & Recreation, Sacramento, CA |
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Allen T. Edmunds, Recreation Resources Planning, Regional Chief, NPS, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1960 |
Louis B. Houston, Director, Dallas Parks and Recreation Department, TX |
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Harold W. Lathrop, Director of Colorado State Parks and Recreation, Denver, CO |
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Edmund B. Rogers, Supt of Rocky Mountain National Park & Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Denver, CO |
| 1959 |
Homer W. Fish, Superintendent of Parks, Wheeling, WV |
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George L. Collins, Regional Chief of Recreation Resource Planning, NPS, San Anselmo, CA |
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Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, Fed Advisory Bd on Nat'l Parks,Historic Sites,Buildings & Monuments |
| 1958 |
Walter W. Wirth, Salem Parks and Recreation Department, OR |
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Thomas W. Morse, Superintendent, State Parks, Raleigh, NC |
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Eivind T. Scoyen, Associate Director, NPS, Washington, DC |
| 1957 |
Charles E. Doell, Superintendent, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, MN |
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Kenneth R. Cougill, Division of State Parks, Anderson, IN |
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Ben H. Thompson, Division of Recreation Resource Planning, NPS, Glen Echo, MD |
| 1956 |
Harold S. Wagner, Metropolitan Park System, Akron, OH |
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James F. Evans, Director, New York State Park System, Albany, NY |
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Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Chair, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC |
| 1955 |
Loring McMillen, Vice President, Staten Island Historical Society, NY |
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Ruth E. Peeler, Vice Chair, State Parks & Research Commission, Des Moines, WA |
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Thomas C. Vint, Chief Design and Construction, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
| 1954 |
Adrian D. Barnes, Dade County Park Department, Miami, FL |
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Russell Reid, Superintendent, State Historical Society of ND, Bismarck, ND |
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Harold C. Bryant, Assistant Director, National Park Service, Ovinda, CA |
| In 1954, the Pugsley Medals were reoriented to recognize the expanded roles of park facilities and services offered by local and state agencies, and that for many Americans, the most important parks were now those closest to their homes. The gold, silver and bronze medals were replaced by recognition of outstanding service at the local, regional/state, and national levels, all of equal merit. |
| 1953 |
Gold Medal - Frederick L. Olmsted, Jr., Palo Alto, CA |
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Silver Medal - Edward J. Burns, Washington, DC |
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Bronze Medal - Olaus J. Murie, President, Wilderness Society, Moore, WY |
| 1952 |
Gold Medal - Harlean James, Exec Sec, Amer Planning & Civic Assn & Nat'l Conf of State Parks |
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Silver Medal - Ronald F. Lee, Asst Dir, NPS and Sec of Nat'l Trust for Historic Preservation |
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Bronze Medal - Jerome C. Dretzka, Milwaukee County Commission, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1951 |
Gold Medal - Arthur E. Demaray, Director, National Park Service |
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Silver Medal - Victor W. Flickinger, Chief, Div of Parks, Dept of Natural Resources, Columbus,OH |
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Bronze Medal - Frank D. Quinn, Chair, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, Austin, TX |
| 1950 |
Gold Medal - Newton B. Drury, Director, National Park Service |
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Silver Medal - Frank A. Kittredge, Chief Engineer, National Park Service |
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Bronze Medal - William N.G. Haynes, Stonington, CT |
| 1949 |
Gold Medal - Waldo G. Leland, National Park Service Advisory Board |
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Silver Medal - Hillory A. Tolson, Assistant Director, National Park Service |
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Bronze Medal - Jay Downer, Chief Engineer, Westchester County, NY |
| 1948 |
Gold Medal - Percival P. Baxter, Portland, ME |
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Silver Medal - Minor R. Tillotson, Regional Director, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM |
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Bronze Medal - Ellwood B. Chapman, President, Pennsylvania Parks Assn, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1947 |
Gold Medal - Conrad L. Wirth, National Park Service, Washington, DC |
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Silver Medal - Thomas J. Allen, Regional Director, National Park Service, Richmond, VA |
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Bronze Medal - Samuel H. Boardman, Oregon State Highway Commission, Salem, OR |
| 1943-1946 Awards were discontinued during World War II. |
| 1942 |
Gold Medal - Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior |
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Silver Medal - Arthur E. Demaray, Assistant Director, National Park Service |
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Bronze Medal - Harlean James, Exec Sec, American Planning & Civic Association |
| 1941 |
No medals were awarded. |
| 1940 |
Gold Medal - Hermon C. Bumpus, President of Tufts University, Chair, NPS Advisory Board |
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Silver Medal - Newton B. Drury, Secretary, Save the Redwoods League of CA |
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Bronze Medal - William A. Stinchcomb, Director, Cleveland Metropolitan Park District |
| 1939 |
Gold Medal - Robert Fechner, Director, Civilian Conservation Corps |
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Silver Medal - Charles C. Deam, Indiana State Parks |
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Bronze Medal - William P. Alexander, Buffalo, NY |
| 1938 |
Gold Medal - Arno B. Cammerer, Director, National Park Service |
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Silver Medal - Raymond H. Torrey, Journalist, Sec, Amer Scenic & Historic Preservation Society |
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Bronze Medal - Alvin E. Reeves, Director of Division of State Parks, OK |
| 1937 |
Gold Medal - J.Horace McFarland, President, American Civic Assn, Harrisburg, PA |
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Silver Medal - Charles P. Wilber, State Forester & Dir of Dept of Conservation & Development, NJ |
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Bronze Medal - William H. Carr, Director, Trailside Museums at Bear Mountain |
| 1936 |
Gold Medal - Robert Moses, Commissioner of Parks for the City of New York |
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Silver Medal - Roger W. Toll, Superintendent of Yellowstone Park |
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Bronze Medal - George M. Wright, Founder & Chief, Wildlife Div of Nat'l Park Service |
| 1935 |
Gold Medal - Howard B. Bloomer, Chair, Michigan Conservation Department, Detroit, MI |
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Silver Medal - John McLaren, Park Superintendent, San Francisco, CA |
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Bronze Medal - Will O. Doolittle, Superintendent of Parks, Tulsa, OK |
| 1934 |
Gold Medal - William A. Welch, Gen Mgr & Chief Engineer, Palisades Interstate Park, NY, NJ |
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Silver Medal - William E. Carson, Director, Virginia Dept of Conservation, Riverside, VA |
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Bronze Medal - Philip W. Ayres, Chief Forester, Society for the Protection of NH Forests |
| 1933 |
Gold Medal - William W. Niles, Chair, Taconic State Park Commission |
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Silver Medal - Tom Wallace, Kentucky State Park Commission, Editor, Louisville Times |
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Bronze Medal - David E. Colp, Chair, Texas State Parks Board |
| 1932 |
Gold Medal - Chauncey J. Hamlin, President, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences |
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Silver Medal - Peter Norbeck, US Senator from South Dakota |
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Bronze Medal - Margo K. Frankel, Chair, Iowa Board of Conservation |
| 1931 |
Gold Medal - Richard Leiber, Director, Indiana Conservation Department |
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Silver Medal - Albert M. Turner, Connecticut State Park & Forest Commission |
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Bronze Medal - Stella M. Leviston, San Francisco, CA |
| 1930 |
Gold Medal - Horace M. Albright, Director, National Park Service |
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Silver Medal - Theodore Wirth, Gen Supt, Park Commissioners of Minneapolis, MN |
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Bronze Medal - Charles G. Sauers, IN State Parks & Supt, Cook Co Forest Preserve, IL |
| 1929 |
Gold Medal - Mary Averell Harriman, Philanthropist |
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Silver Medal - Nathaniel Lord Britton, New York Botanical Garden |
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Bronze Medal - Thomas William Hardison, Morrilton, AR |
| 1928 |
Gold Medal - Stephen T. Mather, Director and Founder of the National Park Service |
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Silver Medal - Duncan McDuffie, California State Parks Commission, San Francisco, CA |
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Bronze Medal - Beatrice Ward Nelson, Sec, National Conf on State Parks, Charlottesville, VA |
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