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Eisenhower]] *1962 – General of the Army [[Douglas MacArthur]] *1963 – Secretary [[John J. McCloy]] *1964 – Secretary [[Robert A. Lovett]] *1965 – Ambassador [[James B. Conant]] *1966 – Congressman [[Carl Vinson]] *1967 - Cardinal [[Francis Spellman]] *1968 – Mr. [[Bob Hope]] *1969 – Secretary [[Dean Rusk]] *1970 – Ambassador [[Ellsworth Bunker]] *1971 – Mr. [[Neil Armstrong]] *1972 – Pastor [[Billy Graham]] *1973 – General of the Army [[Omar Bradley]] *1974 – Ambassador [[Robert Daniel Murphy]] *1975 – Governor [[W. Averell Harriman]] *1976 – Secretary [[Gordon Gray (politician)|Gordon Gray]] *1977 – Secretary [[Robert T. Stevens]] *1978 – Mr. [[James R. Killian Jr.]] *1979 – Ambassador [[Clare Boothe Luce]] *1980 – Father [[Theodore M. Hesburgh]] *1981 – Administrator [[James E. Webb]] *1982 – Mr. [[David Packard]] *1983 – General [[James H. Doolittle]] *1984 – Secretary [[Stanley Rogers Resor]] *1985 – Secretary [[Frank Pace Jr.]] *1986 – Dr. [[Edward Teller]] *1987 – Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] *1988 – Chief Justice [[Warren E. Burger]] *1989 – President [[Ronald Reagan]] *1990 – Senator [[Mike Mansfield]] *1991 – Secretary [[Paul H. Nitze]] *1992 – Secretary [[George Shultz]] *1993 – Secretary [[Cyrus R. Vance]] *1994 – President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] *1995 – Congresswoman [[Barbara Jordan]] *1996 – General [[John W. Vessey]] *1997 – Mr. [[Walter Cronkite]] *1998 – General [[Colin Powell]] ([[US Secretary of State]]) *1999 – Mr. [[Norman R. Augustine]] *2000 – Secretary [[Henry Alfred Kissinger]] *2001 – Senator [[Daniel K. Inouye]] *2002 – [[GI (term)|The American Soldier]]<ref group=note>The 2002 award was "dedicated to...all of the men and women who have served in the U.S. Army...in the history of the United States."</ref><ref>[http://www.westpointaog.org/page.aspx?pid=503 The American Soldier], West Point Association of Graduates</ref> *2003 – General [[Gordon R. Sullivan]] *2004 – Senator [[Robert J. Dole]] *2005 – Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] *2006 – Mr. [[Tom Brokaw]] *2007 – General [[Frederick Kroesen]] *2008 – [[Secretary William Perry]] *2009 – Mr. [[H. Ross Perot]] *2010 – Secretary [[James Baker]] *2011 – Secretary [[Robert M. Gates]] *2012 – Congressman [[Ike Skelton]] *2013 – Secretary [[Madeleine Albright]] *2014 – Secretary [[Condoleezza Rice]]<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/06/rice-award-west-point/16832457/ Rice receives Thayer Award at U.S. Military Academy], ''[[USA Today]]'', October 6, 2014</ref> *2015 – Mr. [[Gary Sinise]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/12/usma-military-academy-lt-dan-band/71114134/|title = Gary Sinise to receive West Point's Thayer Award|date = 12 June 2015}}</ref> *2016 – Director [[Robert S. Mueller]] *2017 – President [[George W. Bush]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westpointaog.org/thayerawardgeorgebushbiography|title=West Point Association of Graduates|website=www.westpointaog.org}}</ref> *2018 – Secretary [[Leon E. Panetta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westpointaog.org/thayerawardleonpanetta2018announcement|title=West Point Association of Graduates|website=www.westpointaog.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref> *2019 – General [[Ann E. Dunwoody]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westpointaog.org/ThayerAwardrecipients|title=West Point Association of Graduates|website=www.westpointaog.org|language=en-us|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> *2020 – Ambassador [[Ryan Crocker]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westpointaog.org/news/career-ambassador-ryan-c-crocker-receives-thayer-award/|title=Career Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker Receives Thayer Award|first=Becky|last=Hassler|date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> *2021 - Doctor [[Mae C. Jemison]] *2022 - Mr. [[Fisher House Foundation | Kenneth Fisher]] *2023 - Senator [[Elizabeth Dole]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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