Presidential Citizens Medal
The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second highest civilian award in the United States awarded by the President of the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Established on November 13, 1969, The Presidential Citizens Medal may be granted to any United States citizen "who [has] performed exemplary deeds or services for his or her country or fellow citizens". The medal may be awarded posthumously.
The medal is a disc of gilt and enamel, based on the Seal of the President of the United States, with the eagle surrounded by a wreath of leaves. The medal is suspended on a ribbon, dark blue with a light blue central stripe and white edge stripes.
Recipients
- Henry "Hank" Aaron
- Albert Abramson
- David M. Abshire
- Muhammad Ali
- Juan Andrade
- Richard Lee Armitage
- Arnold O. Beckman
- Ezra Taft Benson
- Ruby Bridges
- Ronald H. Brown
- Don Cameron
- Roberto Clemente
- Carol Coston, O.P.
- Archibald Cox
- Arthur Culvahouse Jr.
- Joe Delaney
- Dr. Charles DeLisi
- Bob Dole
- Samuel Nelson Drew
- Kenneth M. Duberstein
- Lawrence Eagleburger
- Edwin J. Feulner
- Zachary Fisher
- Robert C. Frasure
- Robert M. Gates
- C. Boyden Gray
- Jack Greenberg
- Elinor C. Guggenheimer
- Richard N. Haass
- Dorothy Height
- David Hermelin
- Colonel William R. (Rich) Higgins
- Dr. David D. Ho
- Bernice Young Jones
- Dr. I. King Jordan
- Max Kappelman
- Richard J. Kerr
- Robert M. Kimmitt
- Russell Kirk
- Lane Kirkland
- Anthony Lewis
- Dr. Alan Lovelace
- Matthews-Dickey Boy's Club Founders
- Oseola McCarty
- Richard Meadows
- Bob Michel
- Irene Morgan
- Constance Baker Motley
- William H. Natcher
- Claiborne Pell
- Pete Peterson
- Colin Powell -- General, US Army (ret)
- Helen Rodriguez-Trias
- Adele Rogers
- Edward L. Rowney
- Edward Roybal
- Robert Rubin
- Senator Warren B. Rudman
- Charles Ruff
- Elbert Rutan
- Richard Rutan
- Rabbi Arthur Schneier
- Eli J. Segal
- John F. Seiberling
- John Sengstacke
- Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
- Larry Speakes
- Adrian St. John
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Strom Thurmond
- Voyager Designer and Crew
- Raymond Weeks
- John C. Whitehead
- Marion Wiesel
- Patrisha Wright
- Sydney Yates
- Jeana Yeager
- Baron Donald George von Vister