1981 | 1982 | 1983| 1984 | 1985| 1986 | 1987 | 1988| 1989 | 1990

1981

Gold Medal • Donal G. Davis, NWS Grand Island, Lifesaving • Diana H. Josephson, National Earth Satellite Service • Dr. Geoffrey C. Laurence, NMFS • Dr. John B. Bearce, NMFS, NEFC, Northeast Monitoring Program • Dr. Joseph Sela, NWS, NMC

Meritorious Service • Commander Christian Andreasen, OMO • Gilbert B. Clark, NWS, NHC Lifesaving • Dr. Donald E. Colton, NWS Hydrology • Dr. Andrew E. Dizon, NMFS • Dr. David Halpern, ERL, PMEL • Dr. Billy M. Lewis, ERL, AOML • Dr. Alexander Malahoff, NOS • Dr. Richard F. Myers, NWS Training Center • Howard M. Sparks, NESC, SOCC • LCDR Donnie M. Spillman, LT Gary L. Johnson, Douglas A. Friske, • NOS Tidal Requirements and Acquisitions Branch • Dr. Paul E. Long, Jr., Dr. Wilson A. Shaffer, James E. Kemper, NWS David B. Enabnit, Gary C. Guenther, NOS Office of Ocean Technology and Engineering Services • CMDR John K. Callahan, LCDR Richard P. Floyd, David L. Brannon, Gordon R. Pringle, NOS, AMC

1982

Gold Medal • Louis J. Boezi, NWS, Advanced Systems Laboratory • Captain John D. Bossler, NOS, NGS • Dr. Eldon E. Ferguson, ERL, Aeronomy Laboratory • Roland Finch, NMFS, Office of Resource Conservation and Management • Dr. Dieter Kley, ERL • Dr. Donald C. Malins, NMFS, Environmental Conservation Division

Meritorious Service • Carmen J. Blondin, NMFS, Office of International Fisheries • Ronald M. Bolton, NOS, ACD • Gary K. Davis, NESC • James P. Lawless, Office of Ocean Minerals and Energy • James M. Leis, NWS, NHC, Lifesaving • Melvin R. McLaughlin, NWS • Wilford E. Rench, NWS, Agricultural Weather Service Center • Albert P. Shipe, Jr. NWS, Northern Indiana • Charles H. Sprinkle, NWS, Aviation Services Branch • Thaddeus Vincenty, NOS, NGS • Richard A. Wagoner, NWS, San Francisco • Melvin E. Welch, NESC • Joel R. Wertman, NWS, NWS Training Center • Harold M. Gibson, Thomas C. Morgan, Edward Yandrich, Stanley J. Krowka, Thomas J. Grant, NWS New York Stephen F. Corfidi, John E. Hales, Jr., Horace R. Hudson, Jr., Robert H. Johns, Thomas S. Kasko, Larry F. Wilson, William H. Wolfe, NWS, National Severe Storms Forecast Center

1983

Gold Medal • Penelope F. Fields, NMFS, Special Agent Heroism • Dr. Neil L. Frank, NWS NHC • Dr. Louis T. Steyaert, NESC

Meritorious Service • Melvin S. Asato, OMO, PMC • William D. Bartlett, NESDIS, NCDC • Carol W. Beaver, NOS, ACD • LCDR A. Nicholas Bodnar, NOS, Office of Oceanography and Marine Services • John F. S. Chin, ERL, Mauna Loa Observatory • Warner L. Ecklund, Paul E. Johnston, David A. Carter, Poker Flat Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere Radar, Alaska • James L. R. Fenix, NWS, NMC • Michael L. Grable, NMFS, Financial Services Division • Gary K. Grice, James D. Belville, Jimmy D. Ward, NWS Southern Region • Dr. Kenneth A. Henry, NMFS, NWFSC • Dr. David C. Hogg, ERL, Atmospheric Profiler • LCDR Frederick J. Jones, OMO, PMC • Dr. Richard V. Legeckis, NESDIS • Allen E. Peterson, Jr., NMFS, NEFC • Dr. John F. Sheridan, NWS, Hydrology • Donald E. Stoltz, NWS, Disaster Preparedness Program • All Staff of Western Administrative Support Center

1984
Gold Medal • Stephen W. Clark, James R. Smith, NWS, Lifesaving • Dr. Melvin W. Eklund, NMFS • Dr. Ray E. Jensen, NWS • Richard A. Severtson, NMFS, Heroism • Rear Admiral Charles K. Townsend, NOAA Corps	Meritorious Service • William J. Alder, NWS Salt Lake City • Dr. Vaughn C. Anthony, NMFS Stock Assessment • John J. Carey, Office of Budget and Finance • Malcolm Reid, NESDIS Climate Impact Assessment • Wilber R. Seidel, John W. Watson, Jr., NMFS Turtle Excluder Device • Richard A. Snay, Michael W. Cline, Edward L. Timmerman, National Geodetic Survey • Stanley A. Spivey, NWS AFOS Program Leader

1985

Gold Medal • Dr. Donald W. Beran, OAR PROFS Program • Dr. Clyde C. Goad, NGS, GPS Project • Dr. Samuel G. H. Philander, OAR GFDL

Meritorious Service • Dr. William P. Bishop, NESDIS, Landsat Commercialization • Carmen J. Blondin, NMFS, Fisheries Resource Management • Charles D. Little, James M. Lowe, NWS Forecasters, South Carolina • Dr. H. Geoffrey Moser, Dr. William J. Richards, Dr. Michael P. Fahay, Arthur W. Kendall, NMFS, Distinguished Editors • Charles B. Samuels, NWS Data Acquisition Program • Lucille R. Williams, NOS Supervisory Order Processing Specialist

1986

Gold Medal • Douglas P. Anderson, Mark H. Bushnell, Robert J. Roddy, Lifesaving • Dr. Jerry D. Mahlman, OAR, Atmospheric Research • Charles J. Neumann, NWS, Tropical Cyclone Prediction • Commander Dean L. Smehil, Daniel J. Parry, NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV, Lifesaving

Meritorious Service • Michael D. Abell, John Ross McKay, Doughlas S. Robertson, William E. Carter, NOS NGS, Very Long Baseline Interferometry • Stephen M. Billcheck, Leo R. Harrison, Jr., Robert M. Tibi, David A. Keller, Kenneth S. Mack, Elnora G. Markle, Paul M. Gilkerson, Alfred L. Purdy, Jr., Marvin O. Hill, NWS Flood Prediction in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia • Michael D. Cox, OAR Ocean Circulation Modeling • Richard M. Davis, William Propest, David E. McGuirk, Robert O. Brines, Jr., Roger W. Bissinger, NESDIS Cooperation with WMO Robert C. Elvander, Robert E. Saffle, NWS Digital Radar and Display • Russell Koffler, NESDIS Landsat Program • Rear Admiral Francis D. Moran, NOAA Corps, Office of Aircraft Operations • Arthur C. O'Shaughnessy, NWS, Heroism and Lifesaving

1987

Gold Medal • Dr. Joseph O. Fletcher, OAR Climate Research • Richard H. Hagemeyer, NWS Tsunami Warning System • Lieutenant Commander Ted I. Lillestolen, Commaner Robert E.Hunt, Lieutenant Paul E. Pegnato, NOAA Ship FERREL, Lifesaving • Morris M. Pallozzi, NMFS, Lifesaving • Dr. Norman A. Phillips, NWS NMC Numerical Weather Prediction • Dr. Peter A. Rona, OAR, AOML Hydrothermal Vents Pioneer • Thomas J. Sokolowski, NWS Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Meritorious Service • Dr. Vernon C. Bissell, Philip A. Pasteris, Geoffrey M. Bonin, Dr. Charles N. Hoffeditz, NWS Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format (SHEF) • Bruce Coleman Douglas, Robert E. Cheney, Russell A Agreen, Laurence L. Miller, NOS NOAA GEOSAT Project Team • Herbert William Kroehl, NESDIS Ionospheric Conductivity and Electron Density Model • Melvin D. Mathews, NWS National Aviation Weather Unit • Wilfred E. Mazur, NESDIS GOES Ground System Upgrade • Daniel R. Mondella, William T. Knight, NWS Tornado Warning for Jones County, Mississippi • George P. Murphy, NWS Central Computer Branch • Stella Louise Paige, Janet A. Davis, Kathy Summers, NMFS Lifesaving • Bradley T. Patten, NOAA Office of Aircraft Operations, Instrumentation • Frank T. Quinlan, NESDIS Climatological Analysis Division • Dr. Frank H. Quinn, OAR Lake Hydrology

1988

Gold Medal • Dr. William E. Carter, NOS NGS Very Long Baseline Interfometry • Dr. Kikuro Miyakoda, William F. Stern, Joseph J. Sirutis, M. Daniel Schwarzkopf, OAR Forecast Systems Laboratory • Dr. Melvin A. Shapiro, OAR Meteorological Research Group • Dr. David W. Rust, Dr. Vadislav Mazur, OAR Storm Electricity and Cloud Physics Research

Meritorious Service • Michael L. Tucker, Administration • Lieutenant Edward Cassano, Daniel W. Granstrom, Heroism while on NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN • Dr. Lloyd C. Huff, NOS Hydrographic Technologies Program • Dr. David D. Huppert, NMFS Fisheries Management • Dennis M. Weidner, NMFS International Fisheries • Dr. Kenneth C. Crawford, NWS Radar Modernization and Flood Forecasting • Alan R. Moller, NWS Public Outreach • Gerald S. French, NWS Flood Forecasting for Maine during Record Flooding • Dr. Joseph P. Gerrity, Jr. NWS Short-Range Modeling Branch • Johnny S. Smith, NWS Computerized Marine Weather Data System • National Oceanographic Data Center Organizational Award under leadership of Greg Withee • Michael Crowe, NESDIS National Climatic Data Center • D. Gregory Harmon, Christopher E. Fontana, NWS Wildfire Weather Forecasting • Robert C. Kilpatrick, Timothy E. Scrom, NWS Flood Forecasting in New York • Michael J. Nestlebush, NESDIS GOES Data Collection System Upgrade

1989

Gold Medal • Dr. William D. Bonner, NESDIS, National Climatic Data Center • Dr. J. Michael Hall, OAR Office of Climatic and Atmospheric Research • Dr. Stanley P. Hayes, OAR Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies • Dr. Susan Solomon, OAR, Middle Atmospheric Studies, National Ozone Expeditions to Antarctic

Meritorious Service • Richard G. Bakkala, NMFS Groundfish Stocks in Bering Sea • Chief Marine Engineer James V. Brosh, NOAA Corps Operations, NOAA Ship OREGON II, Heroism during Fire on Board Ship • Dennis M. Decker, NWS Severe Weather Education and Public Outreach • Dr. Etaf A. Elassal, NOS Photogrammetric Technologies Program • Gary K. Grice, Kenneth W. Howard, Dr. Stanley L. Barnes, Dr. Charles A. Doswell, III, NWS and OAR, Storm Prediction Center and National Severe Storms Laboratory, Distinguished Authorship • Mary M. Heffernan, Dr. Edward R. Johnson, NWS Information Processing System • Milan A. Kravanja, NMFS International Affairs • Ronald C. Lundstrom, NMFS Monoclonal Antibody/Biotechnology Center at Northeast Fisheries Center • Dr. E. Paul McClain, NESDIS Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer for Sea Surface Temperature • Edward J. McKay, NOS National Geodetic Survey Technology Transfer Program • Roy Mendelssohn, NMFS Mathematical Modeling of Fisheries Environments • Earl F. Prentice, NMFS Passive Integrated Transponder Tag Arthur Schwalb, NESDIS Space Systems Division, NOAA Spacecraft Procurement and Development • Robert C. Sheets, Robert A. Case, Gilbert B. Clark, Harold P. Gerrish, James M. Gross, Miles B. Lawrence, B. Max Mayfield, NWS National Hurricane Center, Performance during Hurricane Gilbert • Wilbur T. Shigehara, NWS San Diego, Crop Freeze Warnings • George W. Swearingen, NWS, Lifesaving of Two Men on Palo Pinto Lake, Texas

1990

Gold Medal • Thomas R. Karl, NESDIS, Global Climate Laboratory • Dr. James R. Mahoney, Office of Deputy Undersecretary, National Acid Precipitation Program • Dr. Paul E. Smith, NMFS, Survey Systems Analysis Program • Dr. Richard G. Strauch, OAR, Wind Profiling Radar

Meritorious Service • Lieutenant Commander Warren T. Dewhurst, NOS, NGS Transformation of Geodetic Coordinates • D. Max Entrikin, Administration, Special Engineering Projects Office • Charles M. Fuss, Jr., NMFS Fisheries Law Enforcement • Dr. Eugenia Kalnay, NWS Numerical Weather Forecasting San Juan WSFO, NWS, Distinguished and Heroic Service during Hurricane Hugo • Dr. Robert L. Molinari, OAR, Subtropical Atlantic Climate Study • Glen W. Sampson, George N. Clark, NWS Satellite Imagery Distribution System Charleston WSFO, NWS, Distinguished and Heroic Service during Hurricane Hugo