Awards and Decorations
Gates' awards and decorations include:
- Government awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Presidential Citizens Medal
- National Security Medal
- National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (2 awards)
- Distinguished Intelligence Medal (3 awards)
- Other awards
- Eagle Scout
- Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from College of William and Mary
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Indiana University
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from The University of Oklahoma
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Yale University
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Notre Dame
- College of William and Mary - Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
- College of William and Mary Alumni Association - Alumni Medallion
- Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor (First and only Non-Corps Honoree) - Texas A&M University
- George Bush Award (2007) - George Bush Presidential Library Foundation
- MTV University 2010 Man of the Year
- Foreign Policy's list of top global thinkers for "being America's last bipartisan figure"
- Sylvanus Thayer Award (United States Military Academy)
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