• Source: Distinguished Honor Award

      • The Distinguished Honor Award is an award of the United States Department of State and USAID. Similar versions of the same award existed for the former U.S. Information Agency and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. It is presented in recognition of exceptionally outstanding service or achievements of marked national or international significance.
      The award consists of a gold medal set and a certificate signed, as appropriate, by the Secretary of State. Due to the demanding nature of the criteria, the award is not routinely issued; only a few non-Ambassadorial rank Foreign Service Officers have ever received an individual award.


      Criteria


      The following criteria are applicable to granting a Distinguished Honor Award:

      Exceptionally outstanding service to the agencies or the U.S. Government resulting in achievements of marked national or international significance;
      Exceptionally outstanding service and/or leadership in the administration of one or more agency programs that results in the highly successful accomplishment of mission, or in a major attainment of objectives or specific accomplishment to meet unique or emergency situations; and
      Outstanding accomplishments over a prolonged period that involve the exercise of authority or judgment in the public interest.


      Nominating and approval procedures


      Nominations for State and USAID employees are submitted on Form JF-66, Nomination for Award, through supervisory channels to the Joint Country Awards Committee for review and recommendation to the Chief of Mission for final action.
      Nominations initiated in Washington are submitted to the appropriate area awards committee for final action. For USAID, nominations initiated in Washington are reviewed by the USAID bureau/office with final approval by the appropriate assistant administrator or office head.


      Military use


      Upon authorization, members of the U.S. military may wear the medal and ribbon in the appropriate order of precedence as a U.S. non-military personal decoration.


      Notable recipients


      Tex Harris, Foreign Service Officer
      Peter W. Chiarelli, General, U.S. Army
      David H. Petraeus, General, U.S. Army
      Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-2005
      Ambassador Charles W. Yost, career U.S. diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
      Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, 2003–2004
      Ambassador Eric J. Boswell, current Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security
      Ambassador Lino Gutiérrez, former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 2003-2006
      Ambassador James Franklin Collins, former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, 1997–2001
      Ambassador John R. Davis Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1988-1990
      Harry B. Harris Jr., Admiral, US Pacific Command
      Jacques Paul Klein, United Nations Transitional Administrator (UNTAES)
      Brett H. McGurk, Director for Iraq, United States National Security Council
      Jonathan M. Moore, former U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belarus, 2008-2009
      Alec Ross, technology policy analyst and Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
      Paul J. Selva, General, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
      James B. Story, Charge d’Affaires to Venezuela
      George Jacobson, mission coordinator at the Embassy of the United States, Saigon
      Alec Ross, author and former Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton


      References




      See also


      Awards of the United States Department of State
      Awards and decorations of the United States government
      United States Department of State
      U.S. Foreign Service

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