Lucius D. Clay Medal
The Lucius D. Clay Medal has been awarded annually on German-American Day by the Association of German-American Clubs since 1980 . The award is given to personalities from Germany and the USA who have made a special contribution to maintaining German-American friendship . The award is named after General Lucius D. Clay , the former military governor of the US occupation zone in Germany and "father" of the Berlin Airlift . The round medal with the portrait and name of the namesake is silver and bears the inscription "For outstanding contributions to German-American friendship".
Award winners
- 1980: John Jay McCloy
- 1981: Alfons Goppel
- 1982: George S. Blanchard
- 1983: Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
- 1984: Manfred Rommel
- 1985: Eleanor Lansing Dulles
- 1986: Karl Carstens
- 1987: Walter John Stoessel
- 1988: Dieter Kronzucker
- 1989: Lee H. Hamilton
- 1990: Berndt von Staden
- 1991: Vernon A. Walters
- 1992: Dieter Wellershoff
- 1993: John R. Galvin
- 1994: Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- 1995: John M. Shalikashvili
- 1996: Klaus Naumann
- 1997: Edmund Stoiber
- 1998: Werner Weidenfeld
- 1999: Walther Leisler Kiep
- 2000: Robert H. Lochner
- 2001: Meredith McClain
- 2002: Bernhard Vogel
- 2003: Wolfgang Altenburg
- 2004: Luther F. Carter
- 2005: Jürgen Graf
- 2006: Michel Perraudin
- 2007: Don F. Jordan
- 2008: Karsten Voigt
- 2009: Angela Merkel
- 2010: Thomas Reiter
- 2011: Fred B. Irwin
- 2012: Philip D. Murphy
- 2013: W. Michael Blumenthal
- 2014: Rüdiger Lentz
- 2015: Gail Halvorsen
- 2016: Friedrich Merz
- 2017: Dirk Nowitzki
- 2018: Susan Neiman
- 2019: Christoph von Marschall
Web links
- Lucius D. Clay Medal at the Association of German-American Clubs