Distinguished Intelligence Medal
{{infobox military award
| name = Distinguished Intelligence Medal
| image = Distinguished Intelligence Medal.jpg
| presenter = Central Intelligence Agency
| country = United States of America
| eligibility = Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency
| awarded_for = "For performance of outstanding services or for achievement of a distinctly exceptional nature in a duty or responsibility, the results of which constitute a major contribution to the mission of the Agency."
| higher = Distinguished Intelligence Cross
| lower = Intelligence Star
| related = National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal
}}
The Distinguished Intelligence Medal is awarded by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for performance of outstanding services or for achievement of a distinctly exceptional nature in a duty or responsibility.{{cite web|title=The Work of a Nation |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/additional-publications/the-work-of-a-nation/items-of-interest/medals-of-the-cia.html |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |accessdate=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013001622/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/additional-publications/the-work-of-a-nation/items-of-interest/medals-of-the-cia.html |archivedate=13 October 2012 }}
Recipients
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This list includes only those publicly acknowledged to have received this award. Due to the nature of the clandestine services, an unknown number of additional individuals may have been awarded this medal in secret for actions on classified missions.
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Edward Allen
- James Jesus Angleton
- Milt Bearden
- Gary Berntsen
- Cofer Black
- John W. Coffey
- Charles Cogan{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-nj4RLdHCU0C&pg=PA256 | title=The Central Intelligence Agency: Security Under Scrutiny | isbn=9780313332821 | last1=Immerman | first1=Richard H. | date=2006 | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}
- William Colby
- Henry A. Crumpton
- Ruth A. David
- Jack Devine
- James B. Donovan
- John T. Downey
- Jack G. Downing
- Carl Duckett (twice received)
- Major General Michael E. Ennis, USMC{{cite web|title=CIA's Hayden Lauds Marine General's Contributions|url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-2008/hayden-lauds-marine-general.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114015640/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-2008/hayden-lauds-marine-general.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2009|accessdate=4 July 2013}}
- Fritz Ermarth
- David Forden{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/david-forden-dead.html |title=David Forden, C.I.A. Handler in Cold War Intrigue, Dies at 88|work= The New York Times |publisher=|date=September 11, 1930 |accessdate=February 14, 2019}}
- Robert Gates
- Clair George
- Burton Gerber
- Major General Edward B. Giller, USAF
- Sidney Gottlieb
- Gardner Hathaway
- Richard Helms
- Richard L Holm
- John R. Horton
- Robert M. Huffstutler{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/agency/nga/leaders.pdf|title=Historical Handbook of NGA Leaders|publisher=Office of Corporate Communications|date=April 2018|website=Federation of American Scientists|accessdate=7 July 2017}}
- Clarence Leonard Johnson
- John Anthony Jordan
- Mark Kelton
- Richard Kerr
- George Kisevalter
- Ryszard Kukliński{{cite web|title=A Look Back … A Cold War Hero: Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski|url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2010-featured-story-archive/colonel-ryszard-kuklinski.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324152618/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2010-featured-story-archive/colonel-ryszard-kuklinski.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2010}}
- George V. Lauder{{cite web |url= https://www.afio.com/sections/wins/2012/2012-31.htm#lauder |title=AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes #31-12 |author= |date= August 14, 2012|website=www.afio.org |publisher=AFIO |access-date=8 September 2020 |quote="He received the CIA's Distinguished Intelligence Medal, Medal of Merit, and other awards of distinction."}}
- Arthur C. Lundahl{{cite web|title=Arthur C. Lundahl, 77, Dies; Photo Interpreter for CIA |url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/T%20Disk/Tiger%20to%20Ride%201992%20File/Item%2013.pdf|accessdate=4 July 2013}}
- George E. Meloon{{cite web|title=George E. Meloon [Obituary] |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 28, 1990|accessdate=May 14, 2023|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2007/01/08/obituaries/7f77c69a-6cb4-486d-beab-8cb5784562ee/}}
- William Mosebey Jr.
- Eloise Page{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/19/eloise-page-dies-at-82/37b7e41a-e08e-4c25-a13a-2dfab1ae835e/|title=Eloise Page Dies at 82|first=Bart|last=Barnes|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 19, 2002|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}
- Major General Vang Pao
- James PavittJames L. Pavitt Bio, [http://www.scowcroft.com/html/staff/pavitt.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108025850/http://www.scowcroft.com/html/staff/pavitt.html |date=2013-01-08 }}, Scowcroft Group
- Thomas Polgar
- Jose A. Rodriguez Jr
- John R. Sano
- Gary Schroen
- Winston M. Scott
- Theodore Shackley
- Peter Max F. Sichel
- Sidney D. Stembridge
- Richard Stolz Jr.
- Admiral William O. Studeman, USN{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-1995/pr8895.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613001815/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-1995/pr8895.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2007 |title=Former DDCI Admiral Studeman Feted at Retirement Ceremony — Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=Cia.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-10-15}}
- Michael J. Sulick
- John H. Waller{{cite news |author= |title=CIA Official John Waller; Was Historian and Author |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31165-2004Nov6.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |date=November 7, 2004 |page=C08 |access-date=April 30, 2015}}
- William H. Webster
- {{delink|Alan Wolfe (1928–2004)}}, twice received{{cite web|title=The Collection of Medals formed by the late Alan Wolfe - Foreword |publisher= Dix Noonan Webb|url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/special-collections/foreword.php?specialcollection_id=119 |date=7 December 2005 |accessdate=24 November 2017}}
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CIA medals are sometimes referred to as "jock strap medals" since they are often awarded secretly (due to the classification level of the respective operation) and cannot be displayed or, on occasion, acknowledged publicly.
See also
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