Donald Rumsfeld - Awards

Awards

Rumsfeld has been awarded 11 honorary degrees. Following his years as CEO, president, and later chairman of G. D. Searle & Company, he was recognized as Outstanding CEO in the pharmaceutical industry by the Wall Street Transcript (1980) and Financial World (1981).

His other awards include:

• The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ford (1977)
• Royal Order of the Intare by King Kigeli V of Rwanda
• George C. Marshall Medal by the U.S. Army Association (1984)
• Woodrow Wilson Medal by Princeton University (1985)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal (1993)
• Lone Sailor Award by the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation (2002)
• Statesmanship Award by the U.S. Assoc of Former Members of Congress (2003)
• James H. Doolittle Award by the Hudson Institute (2003)
• Gerald R. Ford Medal presented by President Ford and the Ford Foundation (2004)
• Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2005)
• Union League of Philadelphia Gold Medal for Citizenship (2006)
• Claremont Institute Statesmanship Award (2007)
• Victory of Freedom Award from the Richard Nixon Foundation (2010)
• Order of Anthony Wayne from Valley Forge Military Academy
• Special Grand Cordon of the Order of Brilliant Star (2011, Republic of China)