COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AWARD
RECIPIENTS
This
award is presented each year by the CINC to the person he feels has rendered
the greatest service to him and the Order during his tenure as CINC.
It was instituted by the courtesy of Lt. General Milton G. Baker:
1943
Colonel Charles Allen
1944
Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr.
1945
Commander Charles A. Mills
1946
Commander David Sholtz
1947
Major Ennals Waggaman
1948
Lt. Commander Charles Hann
1949
Colonel Melvin J. Maas
1950
Rear Admiral R. R. Belknap
1951
Major Harry Okin
1951
Captain Oscar Aufer
1952
Major General Melvin J. Maas (2nd Award)
1953
Major Omer W. Clark
1954
Major William M. Coffin
1955
Lt. Joseph Burke
1956
Major General Willard W. Irvine
1957
Mr. Erling E. Ayars
1958
Lt. Hans von Leden & Lt. Commander Gilbert Darlington
1959
Captain Joseph Bollenbeck
1960
Colonel Clarence E. Koeppe & Colonel Robert E. Joseph
1961
Colonel Robert E. Joseph (2nd Award)
1962
Rear Admiral Harold C. Train
1963
Brigadier General Louis J. Fortier
1964
Major General Willard W. Irvine (2nd Award)
1965
Brigadier General Louis J. Fortier (2nd Award)
1966
Colonel Wiley J. Adams
1966
Major General Willard W. Irvine (3rd Award)
1967
Commander Harry F. McCullah
1968
Colonel Clarence Koeppe (2nd Award)
1969
Brigadier General Louis J. Fortier (3rd Award)
1970
Commander Harry F. McCullah (2nd Award)
1971
Lt. Colonel Fred A. Kaps
1972
Captain Alan Virtue
1973
Lt. Troy Smith
1974
Brigadier General A. R. Brownfield
1975
Vice Admiral George C. Dyer
1976
Colonel Millard Pierson
1977
Colonel Sedgley Thornbury
1978
Major Louis J. Campbell
1979
Captain James F. Buckner
1980
Captain Robert H. Alexander
1981
Brigadier General J. Paul Holland
1982
Lt. General C. M. Talbott
1983
Colonel Thomas B. Hanford
1984
Commander Eric G. Newberg, Jr.
1985
Colonel Roger A. Barnes
1986
Colonel Robert B. Vance
1987
Colonel James W. Ward
1988
Colonel O.G.A. Mastroianni
1989
Colonel George Germond
1990
Colonel Vincent M. Lockhart
1991
Colonel Fred Sheridan
1992
Commander James W. Sands
1993
Lt. General Herbert R. Temple, Jr.
1994
Lt. Laura M. Trexler
1995
LTC Stuart Reid
1996
MG John S. Guthrie, Jr.
1997
LTC Peter Paleschic
1998
CDR Bruce L. Slawson
1999
CPT Lawrence E. Masterson
2000
MG George G. Kundahl
2001
Lt Col Peter Straub
2002
BG Roger C. Bultman and Captain Dwight F. Copley
2003
COL John T. “Jack” Murphy
2004
LTC J C Strauss II
2005 COL Philemon A. St. Amant II
2006 BG Roger C. Bultman and COL Bert L. Rice
2007 CAPT Watt W. Jordan