Pugsley Medal

Pugsley Medal

The Pugsley Medal was created by Cornelius Amory Pugsley in 1928. The award honors champions of parks and conservation. Until 1952 there was a gold, silver, and bronze award, and in 1953 it was switched to national, state, and local.

Pugsley Medal winners

*1928 Stephen T. Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, gold medal
*1928 Duncan McDuffie, silver medal
*1929 Mary Williamson Averell, gold medal
*1929 Nathaniel Lord Britton, silver medal
*1931 Richard Lieber, gold medal
*1932 Peter Norbeck, silver medal
*1936 Robert Moses, gold medal
*1938 Arno B. Cammerer, gold medal
*1940 Newton B. Drury, silver medal
*1942 Harold L. Ickes, gold medal
*1947 Conrad L. Wirth, gold medal
*1947 Thomas J. Allen, silver medal
*1948 Percival Proctor Baxter, gold medal
*1949 Waldo Leland, gold medal
*1950 Newton B. Drury, gold medal
*1953 Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., gold medal
*1954 Russell Reid, state award
*1955 Loring McMillen, local award
*1956 Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, national award
*1959 Alfred A. Knopf, national award
*1963 Conrad L. Wirth, national award

External links

* [http://www.sagamorepub.com/previews/5330a.pdf Pugsley Medal winners]


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