Distinguished Grad Award Recipients
The Distinguished Graduate Award (DGA) is to be given to graduates of the United States Military Academy whose character, distinguished service, and stature draw wholesome comparison to the qualities for which West Point strives, in keeping with its motto: “Duty, Honor, Country.”
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2026 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Mr. Michael C. Mewhinney ’66
COL (R) B. Hudson Berrey ’72
Mr. Vincent Viola ’77
GEN (R) Vincent K. Brooks ’80
GEN (R) Bob Brown ’81
GEN (R) Darryl A. Williams ’83
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2025 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) David H. Ohle ’68
LTC (R) Clyde A. (Pete) Selleck III ’77
LTG (R) David D. Halverson ’79
GEN (R) Joseph L. Votel ’80
Kathy Medaris Widmer ’83
SEC Mark T. Esper ’86
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2024 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) Wesley K. Clark ’66
AMB Karl W. Eikenberry ’73
LTG (R) Thomas P. Bostick ’78
Pat W. Locke ’80
GEN (R) Jim C. McConville ’81
Kathleen S. Hildreth ’83
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2023 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
HON James B. Peake ’66
LTG (R) David F. Melcher ’76
Mr. Richard L. Dalzell ’79
Mrs. Marene N. Allison ’80
GEN (R) Daniel (Dan) B. Allyn ’81
GEN (R) Austin S. (Scott) Miller ’83
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2022 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
COL (R) Frederick C. Lough Jr. ’70
COL (R) Lee A. Van Arsdale ’74
GEN (R) John F. Campbell ’79
BG (R) Rebecca S. Halstead ’81
LTG (R) Nadja Y. West ’82
Mr. Alex Gorsky ’82
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2021 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
HON Michael W. Wynne ’66
Mr. Randall M. Pais ’67
Mr. Thomas C. Shull ’73
GEN (R) David M. Rodriguez ’76
GEN (R) Stanley A. McChrystal ’76
LTG (R) Herbert Raymond (H.R.) McMaster Jr. ’84
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2020 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Mr. Richard A. Nowak ’64
Mr. William H. Roedy Jr. ’70
LTC (R) Andrew F. Krepinevich ’72
LTG (R) Kenneth W. Hunzeker ’75
GEN (R) Curtis M. Scaparrotti ’78
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2019 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) David A. Bramlett ’64
COL (R) Victor F. Garcia, M.D. ’68
LTG (R) Robert L. Van Antwerp ’72
GEN (R) Walter L. Sharp ’74
LTG (R) Robert L. Caslen Jr. ’75
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2017 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Mr. Marshall N. Carter ’62
BG (R) Daniel Kaufman ’68
GEN (R) Martin Dempsey ’74
GEN (R) Lloyd Austin ’75
HON Robert A. McDonald ’75
GEN (R) Raymond Odierno ’76
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2016 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Mr. Louis Gross ’54
BG (R) John C. Bahnsen Jr. ’56
Mr. Joseph B. Anderson Jr. ’65
Mr. William P. Foley II ’67
GEN (R) Richard A. Cody ’72
GEN (R) Keith B. Alexander ’74
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2015 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) Max W. Noah ’53
Mr. Roderic B. Vitty ’55
LTG (R) John H. Moellering ’59
Mr. William F. Murdy II ’64
Mr. Jodie K. Glore ’69
LTG (R) Thomas F. Metz ’71
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2014 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) Robert E. Pursley ’49
COL (R) William B. DeGraf ’50
Mr. Frederic V. Malek ’59
Mr. Paul W. Bucha ’65
LTG (R) Franklin L. Hagenbeck ’71
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2013 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) Robert G. Yerks ’51
GEN (R) John W. Foss ’56
Mr. Lee R. Anderson ’61
LTG (R) Theodore G. Stroup Jr. ’62
LTG (R) Joseph E. DeFrancisco ’65
GEN (R) Boonsrang Niumpradit ’71
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2012 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) Henry J. Hatch ’57
GEN (R) Crosbie E. Saint ’58
MAJ (R) William H. Willoughby, Jr. ’60
GEN (R) Narcisco L. Abaya ’71
LTG (R) William J. Lennox, Jr. ’71
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2011 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) William Richardson ’51
MG (R) Carl McNair ’55
Dr. Lewis (Bob) Sorley ’56
GEN (R) Dennis Reimer ’62
COL (R) William McArthur ’73
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2009 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) James Donald Hughes ’46
GEN (R) Donn Albert Starry ’48
LTG (R) Robert Franklin Foley ’63
GEN (R) Eric Ken Shinseki ’65
GEN (R) Thomas Allen Schwartz ’67
GEN (R) John Philip Abizaid ’73
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2008 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) Wallace H. Nutting ’50
LTG (R) Clarence E. McKnight, Jr. ’52
GEN (R) John A. Shaud ’56
Mr. James V. Kimsey ’62
LTG (R) Dell L. Dailey ’71
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2007 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) John MacNair Wright, Jr. ’40
BG (R) Amos A. (“Joe”) Jordan ’46
COL (R) Joseph G. Clemons ’51
MG (R) Joseph P. Franklin ’55
MG (R) Bernard “Burn” Loeffke ’57
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2006 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) Richard G. Trefry ’50
Mr. Herbert S. Lichtenberg ’55
Mr. Arthur E. Dewey ’56
MG (R) Nicholas S. Krawciw ’59
BG (R) Howard T. Prince, II ’62
GEN (R) Wayne A. Downing ’62
Mr. Thomas B. Dyer ’67
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2005 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) Frank A. Camm ’43
GEN (R) Sam S. Walker ’46
GEN (R) John A. Wickham, Jr. ’50
MG (R) Neal Creighton ’53
LTG (R) Dave R. Palmer ’56
Mr. R. James Nicholson ’61
Mr. Michael W. Krzyzewski ’69
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2004 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) William A. Knowlton ’43
GEN (R) Robert M. Shoemaker ’46
COL (R) Ralph Puckett, Jr. ’49
COL (R) David R. Hughes ’50
Mr. Denis F. Mullane ’52
GEN (R) Glenn K. Otis ’53
COL (R) John A. Feagin, Jr. ’55
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2003 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) Walter T. (Dutch) Kerwin, Jr. ’39
LTG (R) Harold G. Moore, Jr. ’45
Mr. John A. Hammack ’49
GEN (R) Carl E. Vuono ’57
GEN (R) Edwin H. Burba ’59
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2002 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Mr. James R. Dempsey ’43
GEN (R) Edward C. Meyer ’51
LTG (R) Walter F. Ulmer, Jr. ’52
GEN (R) Arthur E. Brown, Jr. ’53
BG (R) Peter M. Dawkins ’59
GEN (R) George A. Joulwan ’61
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2001 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Mr. Stanley C. Pace ’43
GEN (R) George S. Blanchard ’44
COL (R) James L. Hayden ’45
Gen (R) Charles A. Gabriel ’50
LTG (R) Howard D. Graves ’61
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2000 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
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1999 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
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1998 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
LTG (R) John W. Morris ’43
MG (R) Adrian St. John, II ’43
Mr. Bernard W. Abrams ’47
Maj Gen (R) Michael Collins ’52
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1997 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
COL (R) Russell P. Reeder, Jr. ’26
GEN (R) Michael S. Davison ’39
Dr. David M. Abshire ’51
GEN (R) John R. Galvin ’54
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1996 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
MG (R) Kenneth D. Nichols ’29
GEN (R) William C. Westmoreland ’36
GEN (R) Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ’47
Col (R) Frank Borman ’50
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1995 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
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1994 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
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1993 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
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1992 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
GEN (R) James A. Van Fleet ’15
GEN (R) Matthew B. Ridgway ’17
GEN (R) Andrew J. Goodpaster ’39
Dr. Thoralf M. Sundt, Jr. ’52