Presidential Citizens Medal

Presidential Citizens Medal
Awarded by the President of the United States
Type	Medal
Eligibility	Citizens of the United States
Awarded for	"Exemplary deeds or services [performed] for his or her country or fellow citizens."
Status	Active
Statistics
Established	1969
First awarded	1973
Precedence
Next (higher)	Presidential Medal of Freedom
Next (lower)	Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
Ribbon of the medal

The Presidential Citizens Medal is an award bestowed by the President of the United States. It is the second-highest civilian award in the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Established by executive order on November 13, 1969, by President Richard Nixon, it recognizes an individual "who has performed exemplary deeds or services for his or her country or fellow citizens." Only United States citizens are eligible for the medal, which may be awarded posthumously.

The medal is a disc of gilt and enamel, based on the Seal of the President of the United States, with the eagle surrounded by a wreath of leaves. The medal is suspended on a ribbon, dark blue with a light blue central stripe and white edge stripes.

Contents

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  1 Recipients
  


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  2 See also
  


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  3 External links
  


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  4 References
  

Recipients

Recipient	Year	Notes
Henry "Hank" Aaron	2001
Albert Abramson	1998
David M. Abshire	1989
Clarence Alexander	2011
Muhammad Ali	2001
Juan Andrade, Jr.	2001
Richard Lee Armitage	1989[1]
Brooke Astor	1988
Hubert Dickey Ballantine	1981
Arnold O. Beckman	1989
Ezra Taft Benson	1989
Mitchell Besser	2008
James H. Billington	2008
Forrest M. Bird	2008
Milly Bloomquist	2011
James Scott Brady	1989
T. Berry Brazelton	2012
Ward Brehm	2008
Ruby Bridges	2001
Roberta Diaz Brinton	2010
Daisy M. Brooks	2010
Ronald H. Brown	2001	(posthumous)
William F. Buckley, Jr.	1989
Adam Burke	2012
Don R. Cameron	2001
Frank C. Carlucci	1983
Raymond Castellani	1995
Raymond G. Chambers	2008
Betty Kwan Chinn	2010
Cynthia M. Church	2010
Roberto Clemente	1973	(posthumous)
Bruce Cole	2008
Charles Colson	2008
Mary Jo Copeland	2012
Carol Coston, O.P.	2001
Archibald Cox	2001
Chester A. Crocker	1989
Arthur Culvahouse Jr.	1989
Rachel Davino	2012	(posthumous)
Joe Delaney	1983	(posthumous)
Charles DeLisi	2001
Bob Dole	1989
Michael Dorman	2012
General Wayne A. Downing, USA (Ret.)	2008
Samuel Nelson Drew	1995	(posthumous)
Kenneth M. Duberstein	1989
Lawrence Eagleburger	1991
Vijaya Lakshmi Emani	2011	(posthumous)
Jaime Escalante	1988
Mike Feinberg	2008
Edwin J. Feulner	1989
Arnold Fisher	2008
Max M. Fisher	1989
Zachary Fisher	1995
Marlin Fitzwater	1993
John P. Foley, S.J.	2008
Malcolm S. Forbes	1989
Donald R. Fortier	1989	(posthumous)
Robert C. Frasure	1995	(posthumous)
Robert M. Gates	1992
Robert P. George	2008
Susan Retik Ger	2010
Dana Gioia	2008
Maria Gomez	2012
C. Boyden Gray	1993
Jack Greenberg	2001
Elinor C. Guggenheimer	1997
Richard N. Haass	1991
Dorothy Height	1989
Charlton Heston	1989
David Hermelin	2000	(posthumous)
John S. Herrington	1989
Samuel J. Heyman	2008
Colonel William R. (Rich) Higgins	1992	(posthumous)
David D. Ho	2001
Dawn Hochsprung	2012	(posthumous)
Don Hodel	1989
Mary K. Hoodhood	2010
Leamon Hunt	1984
Janice Jackson	2012
Pamela Green Jackson	2012
Bernice Young Jones	1996
I. King Jordan	2001
Herman Kahn	1989	(posthumous)
Max Kampelman	1989
Dennis Keogh	1984	(posthumous)
Richard James Kerr	1991
Robert M. Kimmitt	1991
Russell Kirk	1989
Lane Kirkland	1989
Wendy Kopp	2008
Joseph C. Kruzel	1995
Donald W. Landry	2008
Janice Langbehn	2011
Patience Lehrman	2012
Dave Levin	2008
Anthony Lewis	2001
Alan Lovelace	1981
Jeanne Manford	2012
Adair Margo	2008
Robert S. Martin	2008
John O. Marsh, Jr.	1989
Andrew W. Marshall	2008
Martin Mathews	1981
Oseola McCarty	1995
Kimberly McGuiness	2010
Chelle McIntyre-Brewer	2012
Richard Meadows	1995	(posthumous)
Bob Michel	1989
Jeffery L. Miller	2008
Billy Mills	2012
Irene Morgan	2001
Erwin Morse	2008
Constance Baker Motley	2001
Jorge Muñoz	2010
Anne Marie Murphy	2012	(posthumous)
William H. Natcher	1994
Lisa Nigro	2010
David Paton	1987
Claiborne Pell	1994
Pete Peterson	2000
Mary Ann Phillips	2010
General Colin Powell USA (Ret)	1989
Donald E. Powell	2008
Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam	2010
Anne-Imelda M. Radice	2008
Arnold Lewis Raphel	1989	(posthumous)
Susan Retik	2010
Rozanne L. Ridgeway	1989
Helen Rodriguez-Trias	2001
Adele Rogers	1973
John F. W. Rogers	1985
Edward L. Rowny	1989
Edward Roybal	2001
Robert Rubin	2001
Warren Rudman	2001
Charles Ruff	2001	(posthumous)
Myrtle Faye Rumph	2010
Lauren Rousseau	2012	(posthumous)
Elbert Rutan	1986
Richard Rutan	1986
Rabbi Arthur Schneier	2001
Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C.	2008
Eli J. Segal	2001
John F. Seiberling	2001
John Sengstacke	2001	(posthumous)
Mary Sherlach	2012	(posthumous)
Terry Shima	2012
The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth	2001
Gary Sinise	2008
Victoria Leigh Soto	2012	(posthumous)
Larry Speakes	1987
Stuart K. Spencer	1989
Adrian St. John	1995
William Howard Taft IV	1989
Elizabeth Taylor	2001
Edward Teller	1989
Strom Thurmond	1989
Richard H. Truly	1989
Armando Valladares	1989
John Volpe	1983
Vernon A. Walters	1989
Admiral James D. Watkins, USN (Ret.)	2008
Raymond Weeks	1982
Geo. J. Weiss Jr.	2010
John C. Whitehead	1989
Charles Z. Wick	1989
Marion Wiesel	2001
Harris Wofford	2012
Robert L. Woodson, Sr.	2008
Patrisha Wright	2001
Joseph R. Wright, Jr.	1989
Sidney R. Yates	1993
Jeana Yeager	1986
Tony Zale	1990

Hubert Dickey Ballantine and Martin Mathews were jointly awarded the 1981 Citizens Medal as founders of the Mathews-Dickey Boy's Club.

The teachers Rachel Davino, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Rousseau, and Victoria Soto and school administrators Mary Sherlach and Dawn Hochsprung, who perished in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting defending their students, were jointly awarded the 2012 Citizens Medal posthumously.^[2]

See also

• Awards and decorations of the United States government


• List of awards for volunteerism and community service

External links

• 
  Nixon, Richard (November 13, 1969).  Executive Order 11494. Wikisource. 
  


• The White House - Presidential Citizens Medal Criteria


• The White House - President Clinton Awards the Presidential Citizens Medals
  


• Library Thing - Presidential Citizens Medal

References

1. 
   ^ Coalliance RUART00235.pdf Page 4 Archived 2015-04-30 at the Wayback Machine.
   


2. 
   ^ "Obama to Honor Recipients of the 2012 Citizens Medal". February 15, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
   

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