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NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

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|country=United States

|type=Medal

|eligibility=Non-government personnel

|awarded_for="distinguished accomplishments [that] contributed substantially to the NASA mission. The contribution must be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate."

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|established=July 29, 1959

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|higher=Congressional Space Medal of Honor

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The NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal is an award similar to the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, but awarded to non-government personnel. This is the highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a government employee when the service was performed.

Recipients

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=1967=

  • Charles Stark Draper{{cite web|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19800535000 |title=Medal, Distinguished Public Service, NASA, 1967, Charles Draper - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Nasm.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-07-31}}

=1969=

  • Harry H. Hess{{cite web |title=Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released}}
  • T. J. O'Malley{{cite web |title=Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released}}
  • Frederick Seitz{{cite web |url=http://rlounsbery.org/news/frederick_seitz.asp |title=Richard Lounsbery Foundation |publisher=Rlounsbery.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520042303/http://rlounsbery.org/news/frederick_seitz.asp |archive-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released}}
  • Charles H. Townes
  • Russell L. Schweickart

=1971=

===1972===

===1973===

===1974===

===1975===

=1976=

=1977=

=1978=

=1980=

  • Clyde W. Tombaugh{{cite web | url=http://contentdm.nmsu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/Ms0407/id/8173/rec/9 | title=Page 1 }}

=1981=

=1982=

  • Harrison H. Schmitt{{cite web|url=http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=39 |title=International Space Hall of Fame :: New Mexico Museum of Space History :: Inductee Profile |publisher=Nmspacemuseum.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-31}}

=1983=

  • Eugene H. Levy{{cite web |title=Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released}}

=1984=

  • Erik Quistgaard{{cite web|title="Erik Quistgaard" (Obituary in Danish nationwide newspaper Politiken)|date=2013-03-09 |accessdate=2014-07-08|url=http://politiken.dk/navne/doedsfald/ECE1918009/erik-quistgaard/|website=politiken.dk}}
  • Nichelle Nichols{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2010/iotw/uhura.html|title=Nichelle Nichols Celebrates Ames 70th Anniversary|date=2010-01-27|accessdate=2021-03-16}}{{cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/nichelle-nichols|title=Nichelle Nichols Encyclopedia Entry|date=2018-03-29|accessdate=2021-03-16}}

=1988=

  • Robert Heinlein{{cite web|url=http://www.heinleinarchives.net/upload/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=1046 |title=NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal |publisher=The Heinlein Archives }}
  • Carver G. Kennedy.{{cite web| url= https://www.deseretnews.com/article/28068/NASA-HAILS-THIOKOL-8-EMPLOYEES-FOR-EFFORTS-TO-GET-THE-US-BACK-INTO-THE-SPACE-BUSINESS.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190423201029/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/28068/NASA-HAILS-THIOKOL-8-EMPLOYEES-FOR-EFFORTS-TO-GET-THE-US-BACK-INTO-THE-SPACE-BUSINESS.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= April 23, 2019| title = NASA hails Thiokol, 8 employees for efforts to get the U.S. back into the space business| publisher = The Deseret Morning News Archives }}

=1991=

  • John T. Radecki
  • Rodger Doxsey
  • Harlan James Smith{{cite web|url=http://quasar.as.utexas.edu/BillInfo/HJSmithObits.html |title=Harlan Smith Memorials Page |publisher=Quasar.as.utexas.edu |date=1991-10-17 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Bert R. Bulkin

=1992=

  • John Bahcall{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasa-honors-distinguished-astronomer-with-medal-53399437.html |title=NASA Honors Distinguished Astronomer With Medal - re> WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ |location=District of Columbia |publisher=Prnewswire.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Berrien Moore III{{cite web |url=http://www.ou.edu/publicaffairs/archives/BerrienMoore.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523222616/http://www.ou.edu/publicaffairs/archives/BerrienMoore.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-23 |title=Berrien Moore - Public Affairs - The University of Oklahoma |publisher=Ou.edu |date=2010-05-13 |accessdate=2010-07-31 }}

=1993=

  • Riccardo Giacconi{{cite web|url=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1993/1993/08/ |title=NewsCenter - Riccardo Giacconi Awarded NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal (04/02/1993) - Introduction |publisher=HubbleSite |date=1993-04-02 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Gene RoddenberryStar Trek Creator by David Alexander, page 604

=1995=

  • Robert L. Golden{{cite web |url=http://inpa.lbl.gov/pbar/talks/S7_Carlson.pdf |title="NASA Honors Distinguished Astronomer With Medal" as found on pg. 9 of 47 in the presentation, "Extra-Terrestrial Antiparticles" given to the Antiparticles Antiproton Symposium, Berkeley CA |location=New Mexico State University |publisher=Institute of Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics |date=2005-10-29 |accessdate=2010-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818134954/http://inpa.lbl.gov/pbar/talks/S7_Carlson.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|title=Obituary:Robert L. Golden, 1940-1995|journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society|date=1997|volume=29|issue=4|page=1471|publisher=Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory|bibcode=1997BAAS...29.1471O|last1=Ormes|first1=Jonathan F.}}
  • Bill G Aldridge{{cite web|url=https://www.nsta.org/blog/remembering-bill-aldridge|title=Remembering Bill Aldridge|first=Debra |last=Shapiro |date=19 April 2022|publisher=National Science Teaching Association|access-date=9 December 2022}}

=1996=

  • Lori Garver{{cite web |url=http://redrover.planetary.org/news/2005/0323_US_Congress_Reorganizes_Committees_to.html |title=U.S. Congress Reorganizes Committees to Consider NASA Budget - Planetary News | The Planetary Society |publisher=Redrover.planetary.org |date=2005-03-23 |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727175206/http://redrover.planetary.org/news/2005/0323_US_Congress_Reorganizes_Committees_to.html |archivedate=2011-07-27 }}

=1997=

=2001=

  • Alain Bensoussan
  • James (Jim) F. Berry{{cite web |url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2000/JimBerryReceivesNASASDistinguishedS.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070722034516/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2000/JimBerryReceivesNASASDistinguishedS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-07-22 |title=Jim Berry Receives NASA'S Distinguished Service Medal |publisher=Lockheedmartin.com |accessdate=2010-07-31 }}[http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3183 Jim Berry Receives NASA's Distinguished Service Medal; Award Is NASA's Highest Honor | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference]
  • Yvonne Brill

=2002=

=2003=

  • Daniel J. Jacob
  • Roger J. Bressenden
  • Hugh (Hamp) Wilson{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12263 |title=NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Honors Employees at Annual Awards Ceremony | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference |publisher=SpaceRef |date= 6 August 2003|accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Roger Chrostowski
  • Barry Greenberg{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2003/q3/nr_030922m.html |title=Employees Awarded Highest NASA Honor |publisher=Boeing |date=2003-09-22 |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204075340/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2003/q3/nr_030922m.html |archivedate=2010-12-04 }}
  • Ilan Ramon
  • Yuri Gidzenko

=2004=

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge{{cite web|last=Bertagne |first=Christopher |url=http://aero.tamu.edu/public-news/aerospace-engineering-distinguished-alumnus-award-awarded-to-edward-c-pete-aldridge-april-28-2009-2 |title=TAMU Aerospace Engineering » Blog Archive » Aerospace Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award – awarded to Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge April 28, 2009 |publisher=Aero.tamu.edu |date=1938-08-18 |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610175820/http://aero.tamu.edu/public-news/aerospace-engineering-distinguished-alumnus-award-awarded-to-edward-c-pete-aldridge-april-28-2009-2 |archivedate=June 10, 2010 }}
  • Maria T. Zuber{{cite web |url=http://www-geodyn.mit.edu/mtzcv.html |title=Maria's CV |publisher=Geodyn.mit.edu |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610205518/http://www-geodyn.mit.edu/mtzcv.html |archivedate=2010-06-10 }}
  • Laurie Leshin{{cite web |url=http://www.usra.edu/cs/news/news_detail?pressrelease.id=202 |title=News | USRA: Universities Space Research Association |publisher=Usra.edu |date=2010-01-20 |accessdate=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527090939/http://www.usra.edu/cs/news/news_detail?pressrelease.id=202 |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/leshin.html NASA - Dr. Laurie Leshin, Deputy Director for Science and Technology]
  • Albert Reville
  • William H. Webster{{cite web |url=http://www.wlu.edu/x32579.xml |title=William H. Webster, Distinguished American Lawyer, Jurist and Public Servant, to Speak at W&L :: Washington and Lee University |publisher=Wlu.edu |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527230237/http://www.wlu.edu/x32579.xml |archivedate=2010-05-27 }}

=2005=

  • William Sample{{cite web|url=http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=78536 |title=Photo Release - NASA Honors Northrop Grumman's William Sample With Distinguished Public Service Medal (NYSE:NOC) |publisher=Irconnect.com |date=2005-05-19 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=78536 |title=Photo Release - NASA Honors Northrop Grumman's William Sample With Distinguished Public Service Medal (NYSE:NOC) |publisher=Globenewswire.com |date=2005-05-19 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Richard Covey{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/000316.html |title=Astronaut Dick Covey's post-NASA career - collectSPACE: Messages |publisher=collectSPACE |date= |accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Douglas Stanley{{cite web |url=http://www.nianet.org/Press/Awards-and-Honors/Awards-2005.aspx |title=Corporate Site - Awards-2005 |publisher=Nianet.org |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727123838/http://www.nianet.org/Press/Awards-and-Honors/Awards-2005.aspx |archivedate=2011-07-27 }}
  • Dennis L. Hartmann{{cite web |url=https://atmos.uw.edu/~dennis/vitae.html |title=Awardee Site - Awards-2005 |publisher=Awardee |accessdate=2019-05-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727123838/http://www.nianet.org/Press/Awards-and-Honors/Awards-2005.aspx |archivedate=2011-07-27 }}

=2006=

  • Daniel J. Heimerdinger{{cite web |url=http://www.exostrategies.com/nasa-administrator-awards-dan-heimerdinger-with-nasas-highest-award-for-public-service/ |title=NASA Administrator awards Dan Heimerdinger with NASA's highest award for public service : Exostrategies |accessdate=2014-03-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308233909/http://www.exostrategies.com/nasa-administrator-awards-dan-heimerdinger-with-nasas-highest-award-for-public-service/ |archivedate=2014-03-08 }}
  • Bob Bishop, D.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.icesfoundation.org/Pages/PersonProfile.aspx?id=3|title= In 2006, Dr. Bishop was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his role in building simulation facilities that helped NASA's space shuttle fleet return-to-flight after the 2003 Columbia disaster.|publisher=ICES foundation}}
  • Bruce H. Wendler{{cite web|url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released|title=Historical list of NASA DPSM recipients}}

=2007=

  • Jim Banke{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/990916/NASA-181330main-jun29color |title=Spaceport News |publisher=NASA Kennedy Space Center |date=2007-06-29 |accessdate=2010-08-29}}
  • David F. Dinges{{cite web|url=http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/may07/dinges-NASA-medal.html |title=Penn Medicine News: David F. Dinges, PhD, Awarded NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal |publisher=Uphs.upenn.edu |date=2007-05-30 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nsbri.org/NewsPublicOut/Release.epl?r=97 |title=NASA awards highest medal to NSBRI Team Lead |publisher=Nsbri.org |accessdate=2010-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616220756/http://www.nsbri.org/NewsPublicOut/Release.epl?r=97 |archivedate=2010-06-16 }}
  • Paul Lightsey
  • Lynda Weatherman

=2008=

  • {{ill|Klaus P. Heiss|de|Klaus Peter Heiss}}
  • James R. Bathurst
  • James J. Cawby
  • George Hartig
  • Mark G. Jager
  • Linn Leblanc
  • Michael J. Massie
  • Robert J. Puckett
  • Ted Robinson
  • Harold R. Ross
  • Marcus Shaw
  • Carl Weimer, Ph.D.

=2009=

  • Carlos T. Mata[http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/awards/agency_award_programs.htm#bookmark21 "ASRC Aerospace Senior Principal Investigator awarded NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal"], NASA Agency Honor Awards, accessdate September 03, 2010"STS-122 ECO Sensor Troubleshooting", ECO Sensor Troubleshooting, accessdate September 03, 2010
  • Brian Rishikof[http://www.odysseysr.com/news.html "Lead Engineer awarded NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105073032/http://www.odysseysr.com/news.html |date=2010-11-05 }}, Osyssey Space Research News, accessdate July 30, 2010
  • Lester M. Cohen{{cite web|author=CfA Web Services Group |url=http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/pz200905.html |title=Center for Astrophysics |publisher=Cfa.harvard.edu |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}
  • Roger W. Corson

=2010=

  • Dennis E. Botts{{cite web |url=http://www.huntsvillenewswire.com/2010/06/03/marshall-space-flight-center-honors-team-members-awards/ |title=Marshall Space Flight Center honors team members with awards " HuntsvilleNewswire |publisher=Huntsvillenewswire.com |date=2010-06-03 |accessdate=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231758/http://www.huntsvillenewswire.com/2010/06/03/marshall-space-flight-center-honors-team-members-awards/ |archive-date=2011-07-12 |url-status=dead }}
  • Jack Trombka{{Cite web |url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=33895 |title=Solar System Exploration: News & Events: News Archive: Messenger Co-Investigator Receives NASA's Distinguished Service Medal |access-date=2010-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119050022/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=33895 |archive-date=2015-11-19 |url-status=dead }}
  • Benjamin M. Herman[http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/?section=news&id=detail&newsID=139 The University of Arizona Department of Atmospheric Sciences - News & Events]
  • Jeffrey P. Sutton{{cite journal|title=NSBRI's Sutton receives NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal|journal=National Space Biomedical Research Institute|date=September 2010|url=http://nsbri.org/2010/09/nsbris-sutton-receives-nasa-distinguished-public-service-medal/}}

=2011=

=2012=

=2013=

The following individuals were recognized in 2013. Individuals marked with an * were awarded between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.{{cite web|title=2013 Agency Honor Awards|url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/2013_Agency_Honor_Awards_Brochure.pdf?rhid=1000&did=1626944&type=released|publisher=NASA|accessdate=12 September 2013|page=7}}

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=2014=

The following individuals were recognized in 2014. Individuals marked with an * were awarded between April 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.{{cite web|title=2014 Agency Honor Awards|url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/2014-AHA-Brochure-NASA-People.pdf?rhid=1000&did=1902638&type=released|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072954/https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/2014-AHA-Brochure-NASA-People.pdf?rhid=1000&did=1902638&type=released|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|publisher=NASA|accessdate=30 September 2014|page=7}}

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=2015=

  • Davy A. Haynes, Jacobs Technologies ESSSA Group, Engineering Directorate{{cite web|last1=Harbaugh|first1=Jennifer|title=NASA Honor Awards Recipients|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/star/nasa-honor-awards-2015.html|date=1 July 2015}}

=2016=

  • Thomas A. Glavich
  • Stamatios Krimigis
  • Stephen E. Kulczycki
  • Therrin H. Protze
  • Alan Stern{{cite news|title=Media Resources for SwRI News Release: SwRI's Alan Stern receives Distinguished Public Service Medal — NASA's highest civilian honor|url=http://www.swri.org/press/2016/stern-distinguished-public-service-medal.htm|work=www.swri.org|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816203227/http://www.swri.org/press/2016/stern-distinguished-public-service-medal.htm|archivedate=2016-08-16}}

=2017=

The following individuals were recognized June 15, 2017.{{cite web |title=NASA's 2017 Distinguished Public Service Medal Honorees |url=https://www.nasa.gov/specials/2017medalhonorees/ |publisher=NASA}}

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=2018=

The following individuals were recognized August 2, 2018.{{cite web |title=NASA's 2018 Distinguished Public Service Medal Honorees |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2018_aha_ceremony_program.pdf |publisher=NASA}}

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=2019=

The following individuals were recognized August 28, 2019.{{cite web |title=NASA's 2019 Distinguished Public Service Medal Honorees |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2019_aha_ceremony_program.pdf |publisher=NASA}}

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=2020=

The following individuals were recognized December 22, 2020.{{cite web |title=NASA's 2020 Distinguished Public Service Medal Honorees |url=https://fedmanager.com/news/2020-nasa-administrators-agency-honor-award-ceremony |publisher=NASA}}

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/awards/nasamedals.htm NASA Medals directory]
  • [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4012/vol4/appa.htm National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards] (1969–1978)
  • [https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released Agency Awards Historical Recipient List]

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