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The Sylvanus Thayer Award is an award that is given each year by the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational United States Service academies located at West Point, New York, New York....
 at West Point. Sylvanus Thayer
Sylvanus Thayer

Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States....
 was the fifth superintendent of that academy and in honor of his achievements, the award was created. Under his tenure, Thayer transformed West Point into an excellent engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
 school.

Official description of the Award
"The Thayer Award, established in honor of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, 'Father of the Military Academy,' is presented to an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify the Military Academy motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." The Association of Graduates has presented the award annually since 1958."

"The recipient of the Sylvanus Thayer Award receives a medal with a bust in profile of Thayer on one side, with the inscription: 'The Sylvanus Thayer Medal Awarded by the Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy, for Outstanding Service to the Nation.' The reverse side carries the coat of arms of the Military Academy and the words 'West Point" and "Duty, Honor, Country.' Around the edge of the medal are inscribed the name of the recipient and the year of presentation.






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The Sylvanus Thayer Award is an award that is given each year by the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational United States Service academies located at West Point, New York, New York....
 at West Point. Sylvanus Thayer
Sylvanus Thayer

Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States....
 was the fifth superintendent of that academy and in honor of his achievements, the award was created. Under his tenure, Thayer transformed West Point into an excellent engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
 school.

Official description of the Award


"The Thayer Award, established in honor of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, 'Father of the Military Academy,' is presented to an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify the Military Academy motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." The Association of Graduates has presented the award annually since 1958."

"The recipient of the Sylvanus Thayer Award receives a medal with a bust in profile of Thayer on one side, with the inscription: 'The Sylvanus Thayer Medal Awarded by the Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy, for Outstanding Service to the Nation.' The reverse side carries the coat of arms of the Military Academy and the words 'West Point" and "Duty, Honor, Country.' Around the edge of the medal are inscribed the name of the recipient and the year of presentation. In addition to receiving the medal, the recipient’s name is inscribed on a memorial plaque in Washington Hall, the cadet dining facility."

Recipients

Active-duty and retired American military servicemen are eligible for this award, but many civilians have received the award who contributed to the military in a positive way, like Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
, Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. is a retired United States Broadcast journalism, best known as anchorman for the The CBS Evening News for 19 years ....
 or recently Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw

Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. Brokaw is best known as the former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News....
. Currently, recipients are required to be non-West Point graduates.

  • 1958 - Ernest Lawrence
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  • 1959 - John Foster Dulles
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  • 1960 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
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  • 1961 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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  • 1962 - Douglas MacArthur
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  • 1963 - John J. McCloy
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  • 1964 - Robert A. Lovett
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  • 1965 - James B. Conant
  • 1966 - Carl Vinson
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  • 1967 - Francis Cardinal Spellman
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  • 1968 - Bob Hope
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  • 1969 - Dean Rusk
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  • 1970 - Ellsworth Bunker
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  • 1971 - Neil Armstrong
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  • 1972 - Billy Graham
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  • 1973 - Omar Bradley
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  • 1974 - Robert Daniel Murphy
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  • 1975 - W. Averell Harriman
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  • 1976 - Gordon Gray
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  • 1977 - Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
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  • 1978 - James R. Killian Jr.
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  • 1979 - Clare Boothe Luce
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  • 1980 - Theodore M. Hesburgh
  • 1981 - James E. Webb
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  • 1982 - David Packard
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  • 1983 - James H. Doolittle
  • 1984 - Stanley Rogers Resor
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  • 1986 - Edward Teller
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  • 1987 - Barry Goldwater
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  • 1989 - Ronald Reagan
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  • 1990 - Mike Mansfield
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  • 1991 - Paul H. Nitze
  • 1992 - George Shultz
  • 1993 - Cyrus R. Vance
  • 1994 - George Herbert Walker Bush
  • 1995 - Barbara Jordan
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  • 1996 - John W. Vessey
  • 1997 - Walter Cronkite
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  • 1998 - Colin Powell
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  • 1999 - Norman R. Augustine
  • 2000 - Henry Alfred Kissinger
  • 2001 - Daniel K. Inouye
  • 2002 - The American Soldier
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  • 2003 - Gordon R. Sullivan
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  • 2004 - Robert J. Dole
  • 2005 - Sandra Day O'Connor
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  • 2006 - Tom Brokaw
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  • 2008 - William Perry
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  • 2009 - H. Ross Perot