The Washington Medal of Merit

In Washington State The Medal of Merit is given for exceptional conduct in providing outstanding services to the citizens.

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)
• William B. Hutchinson (physician)[1] – Seattle (Medical Research) founder of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Henry M. Jackson – Everett (Senator)

1989

• Julia Butler Hansen – 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 Center)

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

• Tom 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

External links

• Washington Secretary of State Medals of Merit and Valor