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William J. Donovan Award®
The OSS Society awards the William J. Donovan Award to an individual who has rendered distinguished service in the interests of the democratic process and the cause of freedom. Any citizen of the Free World is eligible for this honor.
The purpose of this award is to foster a tradition and spirit of the kind of service to country and the cause of freedom which William J. Donovan rendered in both his public and private capacities. He was the exemplar of the citizen-soldier-diplomat who valiantly served his country and the cause of freedom throughout the world. This award is given to an individual who, in his activities, exemplifies the spirit, the tradition and the distinguishing features which charcterized General Donovan's career. These include a continuing concern for the world's security and safety, for the role which the United States must play therein, and for the rights, freedoms and welfare of individuals in our society. Perhaps the most unique feature of General Donovan's life was the continuing expression of these concerns in his private life as well as in public service.
Specifically, in General Donovan's career were features expressed as one of America's leading citizen-soldiers, as ambassador, intelligence chief, as assistant attorney general, as a lawyer in the courtroom, and as a private traveler seeing what he could learn for the benefit of his country.
The recipient of the William J. Donovan Award is an individual who has, in his or her career, outstandingly exemplified these features of General Donovan's career.
The award is presented as a medal, carrying a likeness of General Donovan.
William J. Donovan Award Recipients
1961 The Honorable Allen W. Dulles
1963 The Honorable John J. McCloy
1964 Lt. General William W. Quinn
1965 General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
1966 The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
1967 The Honorable Everett McKinley Dirksen
1969 J. Russell Forgan
1970 The Astronauts of Apollo II
1971 The Honorable David K.E. Bruce
1974 The Honorable William J. Casey
1977 The Honorable Robert D. Murphy
1979 His Excellency Jacques Chaban-Delmas
1981 The Right Honorourable Margaret Thatcher
1982 The Honorable John A. McCone
1983 The Honorable Richard Helms
1983 Sir William Stephenson
1986 President Ronald W. Reagan
1991 President George Bush
1993 Dr. Carl F. Eifler
1995 The Honorable William E. Colby
2004 The Honorable Ralph J. Bunche
2005 The Honorable William H. Webster
2007 Major General John K. Singlaub
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