A. Leo Stevens Parachute Medal

The A. Leo Stevens Parachute Medal is named after the ballooning and parachute pioneer, Albert Leo Stevens.{{cite web |url=http://www.parafame.org/history_of_leo_stevens_award.htm |title=History of the Leo Stevens Award |accessdate=2010-12-26 |quote=The Leo Stevens Award is the major parachuting award in the United States. ... |publisher=Museum of History in Granite |archive-date=2013-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515214345/http://parafame.org/history_of_leo_stevens_award.htm |url-status=dead }} It was first awarded to Joe Crane of Mineola, New York, by Augustus Post, at the Early Birds of Aviation banquet, held in the Hotel Carter in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 4, 1948, during the National Air Race.{{cite web |url=http://www.aero.com/publications/parachutes/9601/pc0196.htm |title=The A. Leo Stevens Parachute Medal |accessdate=2010-12-27 |publisher=Aero.com |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20101125063836/http://aero.com/publications/parachutes/9601/pc0196.htm |archivedate=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead }}