The Washington Medal of Merit
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In Washington State The Medal of Merit is given for exceptional conduct in providing outstanding services to the citizens.
[edit] Recipients
1987
- Warren G. Magnuson – Seattle (Senator)
- Dorothy Bullitt – Seattle (KING TV Founder and Philanthropist)
- Orville Vogel – Pullman (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Lester R. Sauvage M.D. – Seattle (Medical Pioneer)
1988
- Edward Carlson – Seattle (Chair, Century 21, United Airlines)
- Dr. William Hutchinson – Seattle (Medical Research)
- Henry M. Jackson – Everett (Senator)
1989
- Julia Butler Hanson – Cathlamet (Congresswoman)
- Belding H. Scriber M.D. – Seattle (UW Medical School)
- Charles Odegaard – Seattle (UW President)
1990
- James E. Reed – Seattle (Law)
- Francis Penrose Owens – Seattle (WSU Regent)
1995
- Dr. Kathleen Ross - Prosser (Founder, Heritage College)
- Michael Copass M.D. – Seattle (Harborview Medical School)
1998
- Dr E. Donnall Thomas – Seattle (Transplant Pioneer – Nobel Laureate)
- Grady Auvil – Orondo (Apple Orchardist and Pioneer)
- Stanley O. McNaughton – Seattle (Business Leader)
- Jacob Lawrence – Seattle (Painter)
2003
- Thomas Foley – Spokane (former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Leland H. Hartwell Ph.D. - Seattle (Nobel Prize-winning researcher)
- Helmut "Brownie" Braunsteiner – Tacoma (veterans' advocate)
- Ernest K. Gann – San Juan Island (former filmmaker and author)
2007 (Governor Chris Gregoire)
- Linda B. Buck, Ph. D. - 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Dale Chihuly - glass artist
- Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph. D. - president and CEO of the Museum of Flight
- Former Governor Daniel J. Evans
