Pugsley Medal
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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.
[edit] 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
- 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
- 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
