NSSAR Minuteman Award
Minuteman Award
The awarding of medals and awards is always given very careful and serious deliberation in order to determine that the proposed recipient who qualifies is deserving, and the occasion for presentation is appropriate. It is essential that the integrity of NSSAR medals and awards be maintained.
The Minuteman Award is the highest award presented to a member by the National Society. It is presented for distinguished service rendered to the SAR on the national level. Members are selected by the Minuteman Committee which is appointed by the President General from previous recipients of the medal. The medal is presented by the President General at an Annual Congress. It is not presented in absentia. It was authorized in 1952 and beginning in 1968 the medal is not awarded to more than six recipients per year.
The medal is rectangular in shape, struck in sterling silver. It depicts a Minuteman holding a rifle with a plow in the background. The Liberty Bell appears on it also. On the reverse is inscribed "Highest Award of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution. Presented to (National Number, Year).” The medal is worn suspended from a neck ribbon of light blue silk. It is awarded only to individual members on a one-time basis.
A complete list of those compatriots who have received the Minuteman Award can be found here. The list is divided into year groups and compatriots names are listed in alphabetical order in each year group.
Recipients of the NSSAR Minuteman Award
1952
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| John H. Babb | Illinois |
| Wheaton H. Brewer | California |
| Arthur de la Houssaye | Louisiana |
| Ray O. Edwards | Florida |
| H. Ragland Eubank | Virginia |
| A. Herbert Foreman | Virginia |
| William Rea Furlong | Washington D.C. |
| John R. Gobble | Idaho |
| Wallace C. Hall | Michigan |
| Douglass G. High | Ohio |
| Milton M. Lory | Iowa |
| H. Lewis Mathewson | California |
| Arthur M. McCrillis | Rhode Island |
| Mason E. Mitchell | Arkansas |
| Allen L. Oliver | Missouri |
| Benjamin H. Powell, III | Texas |
| Harold L. Putnam | California |
| Louis F. Ridgway | Ohio |
| George S. Robertson | Maryland |
| Howard C. Rowley | California |
| Aaron M. Sargent | California |
| Harry E. Sherwin | New Hampshire |
| Clarence E. Shriner | Ohio |
| Lewis A. Smith | Washington |
| Harry K. Torrey | Maine |
| Edgar Williamson, Jr. | New Jersey |
1953
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Clarence A. Cook | Indiana |
| John W. Finger | New York |
| Edward M. Hall | Ohio |
| Folks Hanford | Georgia |
| Messmore Kendall | New York |
| S. Denmead Kolb | Maryland |
| James Francis Miller | Kentucky |
| Sterling F. Mutz | Nebraska |
| Randolph F. Sellers | Ohio |
| Robert H. Smith | Alabama |
| Loren E. Souers | Ohio |
| James D. Watson | Georgia |
| Oliver B. Wight | Maryland |
1954
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| William S. Bennet | New York |
| Howard E. Coe | Connecticut |
| Charles E. J. Gilbert | Texas |
| Stanley S. Gillam | Minnesota |
| J. B. Ladd | Minnesota |
| Robert H. McNeill | Washington D.C. |
| Herschel S. Murphy | New Jersey |
| Charles P. Summerall | South Carolina |
1955
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| William T. Carpenter | Alabama |
| Eugene P. Carver | Massachusetts |
| Redmond S. Cole | Oklahoma |
| Charles Burke Elder | Illinois |
| John A. Fritchey | Pennsylvania |
| Edwin B. Graham | Pennsylvania |
| Stuart O. Landry | Louisiana |
| Gardner Osborn | New York |
| Crawford S. Rogers | Virginia |
| Walter A. Wentworth | New York |
1956
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Arthur F. Coles | New Jersey |
| Charles A. Jones | Ohio |
| John E. King | Illinois |
| Charles Ostrom | California |
1957
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Cyril E. Cain | Mississippi |
| Stanton T. Lawrence | New Jersey |
| Warren M. Taylor | Ohio |
1958
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| William F. Buckley | Utah |
| John E. Dickinson | Wisconsin |
| Jean A. Hibbard | Washington |
| F.W. Huntington | Texas |
| Augustus M. Roan | Georgia |
| Mott R. Sawyers | Minnesota |
| Samuel Hubbard Scott | Ohio |
| George E. Tarbox, Jr. | Colorado |
1959
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| John G. Ballord | Minnesota |
| Franklin Blackstone | Pennsylvania |
| Robert P. Gordon | Alabama |
| Albert W. Hawkes | New Jersey |
| Stephen C. Luce, Jr. | Massachusetts |
| T. Earl Pardoe | Utah |
| Arthur G. Trimble | Pennsylvania |
| Robert P. Waters | Virginia |
1960
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| James G. Cecil | Indiana |
| Horace Y. Kitchell | Mississippi |
| Edward W. Milligan | Colorado |
| REginald H. Runge | New York |
1961
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Calvin C. Bolles | Connecticut |
| Frank L. Lowmaster | Michigan |
| Harold I. Meyer | Illinois |
| John J. St. Paul, Jr. | Louisiana |
1962
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Charles A. Anderson | Ohio |
| Ross K. Cook | New Jersey |
| Samuel K. Houston | Ohio |
| John F. Lanier | Florida |
| Chester R. Martin | Rhode Island |
| Augustin G. Rudd | New York |
| Robert S.W. Walker | Washington D.C. |
1963
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Harry T. Burn | Tennessee |
| George A. Davis | Maine |
| J. Boyd Davis | Ohio |
| Austin R. Drew | Florida |
| Louis J. Heizmann | Pennsylvania |
| Jedediah H. Hills | Texas |
| William Y. Pryor | New Jersey |
| Donlad G. Snider | Louisiana |
| Stuart H. Tucker | Rhode Island |
1964
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Harry F. Morse | Connecticutt |
| William F. Turrentine | Kansas |
1965
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Donald C. Little | Kansas |
| W. Giles Parker | Maryland |
| herbert C. Roberts | Florida |
| Robert L. Sonfield | Texas |
| Lynn D. Sprankle | Delaware |
| Walter G. Sterling | Texas |
1966
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Marion H. Crawmer | Michigan |
| George D. Deyo | New Jersey |
| Allen R. Foster | Washington D.C. |
| Horace R. McDowell | New Mexico |
| Lee Young Smith | Illinois |
| William E. Springer | Arizona |
| Earle L. Whittington | Tennessee |
| Edwin A. Williams | Colorado |
| John C. Wroe | Massachusetts |
1967
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Herman R. Carson | Indiana |
| James B. Gardiner | New York |
| Floyd G. Hoenstine | Pennsylvania |
| A. Jackson Lawrence | Oklahoma |
| Walter R. Martin | Rhode Island |
| Kenneth G. Smith | Pennsylvania |
| Hugh M. Wilkinson | Louisiana |
1968
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Neil A. Cameron | Michigan |
| Eugene C. McGuire | Ohio |
| Ryall S. Morgan | Alabama |
| Grahame T. Smallwood | Washington D.C. |
| Warren S. Woodward | New York |
1969
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| S. Neil Arrington | New Jersey |
| J. Merle Brallier | Pennsylvania |
| Thomas McEwan | Illinois |
| Martin I. Stutler | West Virginia |
| Chester A. Walworth | West Virginia |
1970
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Donald W. Baldwin | Virginia |
| Fred M. Davis | Virginia |
| Guy L.V. Emerson | Colorado |
| Robert D. Savage | Pennsylvania |
| O.M. Wilson, Jr. | Tennessee |
1971
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Roy V. Barnes, Sr. | Michigan |
| Calvin C. Bolles | Connecticut |
| James A. DeWeerd | Indiana |
| Donald R. Fraser | Mississippi |
| Robert G. Luckey | New Mexico |
| Harry S. Schanck | New York |
1972
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| John H. Bell, DDS | Pennsylvania |
| Marshall E. Miller | Indiana |
1973
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Darall G. Hawk | Oklahoma |
| Joseph B. Head | Minnesota |
| Vincent Van Inwegen | New Jersey |
1974
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| W. Clark Erwin | South Carolina |
| Carl K. Hoffmann | Florida |
| Ralph M. Pabst | Arizona |
| Willis G. Tetrick | West Virginia |
1975
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| M. Graham Clark | Missouri |
| Thomas T. Currie | Texas |
| Lynn S. Gordon | Michigan |
| Joseph X. Harris | Maryland |
| Donald E. Lathrop | Pennsylvania |
1976
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Neill F. Amsler, Jr. | Texas |
| Leslie A. Bryan | Illinois |
| Richard E. Crane | New Jersey |
| Webb W. Wilder | Rhode Island |
1977
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Jack K. Carmichael | Indiana |
| Benjamin P. Garrison | Oklahoma |
| Fred T. Leathers | Pennsylvania |
| Harold E. Wilmoth | Maryland |
1978
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Wilson King Barnes | Maryland |
| Ronald O. Baymiller | Wisconsin |
| Robert Warburton Miller | California |
| Matthew B. Sellers | Florida |
1979
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Carl Francis Bessent | Maryland |
| Calvin Ellsworth Chunn | California |
| Arthur Mansfield King | Kansas |
| Gradie R. Rowntree | Kentucky |
| Richard Thompson, Jr. | Florida |
1980
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Alexander Hamilton | Maine |
| James B. Hoge | Oregon |
| Frank W. Kinnamon | Delaware |
| Winston C. Williams | Wisconsin |
| Albert C. Wirth | North Carolina |
1981
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Tullius Brady | Mississippi |
| Clovis H. Brakebill | Texas |
| Carleton E. Fisher | Florida |
| Cecil W. Grange | Illinois |
| Howard L. Hamilton | Virginia |
| John R. Naisby | New Jersey |
1982
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Augustus di Zerega | Kansas |
| O.D. Fontenot | Louisiana |
| Warren G. Hayes, Jr. | Pennsylvania |
| G. Arthur Luther | Iowa |
| John C. Mowbray | Nevada |
1983
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Richard F. Boddie | North Carolina |
| P. Harry Byerly | Washington D.C. |
| James G. McGrew | Colorado |
| Joseph W. McLark | California |
| Asa E. Phillips, Jr. | Massachusetts |
| Richard E. Wilson | Illinois |
1984
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Samuel J. Holt | Ohio |
| A. Peter N. McArthur | Wisconsin |
| John L. McConnell | Alabama |
| Benjamin Hume Morris | Kentucky |
| Oliver Rollin Smith | Utah |
1985
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| John Hallberg Jones | Minnesota |
| Judson P. Mason | Virginia |
| Albert A. Remington, III | Rhode Island |
| Gordon P. Tierney | Illinois |
| Harry L. Walen | Massachusetts |
| William B. Worthy | South Carolina |
1986
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| C. Norman Flanders | Arizona |
| Royce N. Kent | Nevada |
| Charles W. Overton | Arkansas |
| Charles F. Printz | West Virginia |
| James A. Williams | Illinois |
1987
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Timothy R. Bennett | Washington D.C. |
| Robert Eugene Burt | Kansas |
| Nolan W. Carson | Ohio |
| Wendell R. Lovering | New York |
| John L. Ruby | Michigan |
| J. King B.E. Seegar, Jr. | Maryland |
1988
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| James R. Calhoun | New Mexico |
| James J. Hamm | Illinois |
| George S. Knight | Virginia |
| Stewart B. McCarty, Jr. | Washington D.C. |
| William H. Roddis | Wisconsin |
| Robert B. Vance, Sr. | Georgia |
1989
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Raymond M. Henshaw | Connecticut |
| Burton L. Showers | Illinois |
| Charles A. Vencill | California |
| Robert G. Webb | Ohio |
| James R. Westlake | Georgia |
| Claude L. Withers | Kansas |
1990
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Wilson King Barnes, Jr. | Maryland |
| George H. Brandau | Texas |
| William C. Gist, Jr. | Kentucky |
| James G. Harrison | Missouri |
| Donald J. Pennell | Michigan |
| Homer E. Wright | Georgia |
1991
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Duane L. C. M. Gallas | Minnesota |
| Edward S. Hoyt | Florida |
| Luther C. Leavitt, Jr. | Ohio |
| Conrad P. Mook | Virginia |
| Carl A. Nissen, Jr. | Florida |
| Kenneth J. Petro | Indiana |
1992
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Lee Walace Derrer | South Carolina |
| William R. Eddleman | Texas |
| Richard Edward Friberg | Florida |
| William Harry Lees | Iowa |
| Lee Duncan Stokes | Kentucky |
| Paul Howard Walker | Massachusetts |
1993
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Philip W. Bernstorf | Kansas |
| Thomas J. Bond | Washington D.C. |
| McCarthy DeMere | Tennessee |
| Grant Vansice Harrison | Virginia |
| William M. Melone | Arizona |
| Charles B. Schweizer | Illinois |
1994
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Billy E. Hightower | Texas |
| Hardwick Johnson, Jr. | Georgia |
| Chester E. May | Ohio |
| Donald N. Moran | California |
| George Nelson Sells | New Mexico |
| James A. Shelby | Missouri |
1995
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| William T. Algood | South Carolina |
| Bruce B. Butler | Louisiana |
| Lester R. Dunham | New Jersey |
| Horace R. Jordan | Alabama |
| Barret L. Mckown | Maryland |
| Vance E. Senter | Washington |
1996
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Delbert M. Fowler | Texas |
| Reon G. Hillegass, Jr. | Virginia |
| Howard F. Horne, Jr. | Delaware |
| Fred O. Jeffries, Jr. | Wyoming |
| Richard F. Locke, Jr. | California |
| John F. Newell | Arizona |
1997
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Larry L. Blackett | Michigan |
| David J. Gray | Massachusetts |
| Lawrence L. Loker | Missouri |
| Larry D. McClanahan | Tennessee |
| Russell D. Page | Illinois |
| Richard G. Sauner | Virginia |
1998
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Herrick H. Kesler | Kansas |
| Marshall Lignian | Pennsylvania |
| George W. Orton | Arizona |
| Duane T. Sargisson | Massachusetts |
| Bert E. Sells | Ohio |
| Raymond Zimmerman | Maryland |
1999
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Charles W. Britton | Oklahoma |
| Peter Arrott Dixon | Washington D.C. |
| Stanley A. Evans | Tennessee |
| Lester A. Foster | Maryland |
| Robert F. Galer | Georgia |
| D. Gene Patterson | Pennsylvania |
2000
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Thomas N. Clark | North Carolina |
| Paul M. Frantz | Virginia |
| Edward S. Gray | Missouri |
| Carl H. Lamb | California |
| Clarence E. Monroe | Michigan |
| William R. Ward | Utah |
2001
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| B. Rice Aston | Texas |
| John A. Horner | Ohio |
| Robert F. Jackson | California |
| Ralph D. Nelson | Delaware |
| W. Ramsey Richardson | Virginia |
| O. Lee Swart | Alabama |
2002
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Jack Jones Early | Kentucky |
| John C. Haughton | Texas |
| Ronald J. Horton | South Carolina |
| Raymond G. Musgrave | West Virginia |
| William B. Neal | Delaware |
| Carlos J. Ricketson | Virginia |
2003
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Charles F. Bragg | Indiana |
| Edward O. Cailleteau | Louisiana |
| T. Fisher Craft | Georgia |
| Roland G. Downing | Delaware |
| P. Rod Hildreth | Alabama |
| Bruce A. Wilcox | Virginia |
2004
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Richard S. Austin | Virginia |
| Robert W. Coker | Texas |
| Edgar E. Grover | Kansas |
2005
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| M. Joseph Hill | Illinois |
| Garrett F. Jackson | California |
| Andrew M. Johnson | Washington D.C. |
| Henry N. McCarl | Massachusetts |
| Travis E. Spears | California |
| J. David Sympson | Kentucky |
2006
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| David N. Appleby | Missouri |
| Edward F. Butler, Sr. | Mexico |
| Larry T. Guzy | Georgia |
| Charles R. Lampman | California |
| J. Phillip London | Washington D.C. |
| Nathan E. White, Jr. | Texas |
2007
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Walter F. Baker | New Mexico |
| William T. Cox | Arkansas |
| Floyd L. Jernigan | Kentucky |
| J. Michael Jones | Arizona |
| James A. McCafferty | Maryland |
| Douglas H. Stansberry | Georgia |
2008
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| I. Barnett Ellis | Kansas |
| Stephen A. Leishman | Delaware |
| Larry J. Magerkurth | California |
| Larry R. Perkins | Ohio |
| George E. Thurmond | Georgia |
| John R. Wallace | Alabama |
2009
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Robert L. Bowen | Virginia |
| Richard D. Brockway | West Virginia |
| Joseph W. Dooley | Virginia |
| Peter K. Goebel | Empire State (NY) |
| Jacques de Trentinian | France |
| Marston Watson | California |
2010
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Stanley W. De Long | California |
| John C. Ellingson, Sr. | Washington |
| David A. Hockensmith | Vermont |
| Thomas Jacks | Louisiana |
| Lawrence E. McKinley | Virginia |
| Hall Worthington | Maryland |
2011
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Franklin J. Appl | Oklahoma |
| Lindsey C. Brock | Florida |
| Miles K. Dechant | Pennsylvania |
| Jonathan E. Goebel | Empire State |
| Charlie A. Newcomer, III | Georgia |
| Samuel C. Powell | North Carolina |
2012
| Compatriot | Society |
|---|
| Larry P. Cornwell | Alabama |
| T. Rex Legler, II | Indiana |
| John T. Manning | New Hampshire |
| William M. Marrs | Texas |
| Gerald R. McCoy | Missouri |
| Paul M. Wilke | Ohio |