Audubon Medal

National Audubon Society Audubon Medal

"Established in 1947, the Audubon Medal has been bestowed on a wide array of influential environmentalists in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of conservation and environmental protection."


 * 2008 - Richard Louv, Author
 * 2005 - The Rockefeller Family, Philanthropists
 * 2004 - Harriet Bullitt, Philanthropist and Environmentalist
 * 2003 - Edward H. Harte, Philanthropist and former publisher of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
 * 2002 - Mike Dombeck, Biologist, Zoologist
 * 2000 - Chandler "Chan" Robbins, Biologist, "Father of Modern Ornithology"
 * 1999 - William Conway, Conservation Biologist
 * 1998 - Julie Packard, Biologist
 * 1997 - Hazel Wolf, Activist and Environmentalist
 * 1996 - James Parks Morton, Reverend
 * 1995 - Edward Osborne "E.O." Wilson, Biologist, author, conservationist, and professor emeritus at Harvard University
 * 1994 - Jimmy Carter, Former U.S. President
 * 1993 - Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Seneca Nation and of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, (Haudenosaunee) in northern New York state
 * 1993 - Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop and Environmental Activist
 * 1992 - John H. Chafee, Former Rhode Island Governor and U.S. Senator
 * 1991 - Ted Turner, American Media Mogul and Philanthropist
 * 1990 - Durward L. Allen, Wildlife Biologist
 * 1989 - Robert Redford
 * 1988 - President Oscar Arias and First Lady Marguerita Arias
 * 1987 - Vladimir E. Flint
 * 1986 - John F. Seiberling
 * 1985 - Cecil D. Andrus
 * 1984 - Joseph J. Hickey
 * 1983 - Margaret Wentworth Owings
 * 1982 - C.R. "Pink" Gutermuth
 * 1981 - Richard H. Pough
 * 1980 - Margaret E. Murie
 * 1979 - Thomas L. Kimball
 * 1978 - Charles H. Callison
 * 1977 - Russell W. Peterson
 * 1976 - John B. Oakes
 * 1975 - Maurice F. Strong
 * 1974 - Tom McCall
 * 1973 - Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson, D.B.E.)
 * 1971 - Roger Tory Peterson
 * 1969 - Horace M. Albright
 * 1968 - Fairfield Osborn
 * 1967 - Stewart L. Udall
 * 1966 - A. Starker Leopold
 * 1964 - Laurance S. Rockefeller
 * 1963 - Rachel Carson
 * 1962 - William O. Douglas
 * 1961 - Clarence Cottam
 * 1960 - J.N. "Ding" Darling
 * 1959 - Olaus J. Murie
 * 1956 - Ludlow Griscom
 * 1955 - Walt Disney
 * 1952 - Louis Bromfield
 * 1950 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
 * 1949 - Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson
 * 1947 - Hugh H. Bennet