Spirit of St. Louis Medal
The Spirit of St. Louis Medal is awarded for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics.
The medal was established in 1929 by Philip D. Ball, ASME Members, and Citizens of St. Louis, Missouri.
| Form of Award: | $1000, Vermeil Medal and Certificate |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Aerospace Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | January 20 |
| Nomination Sent To: | Spirit of St. Louis Medal Committee Chair |
| Committee Chair: | N. Johnson |
| Phone Number: | (248) 478-8385 |
| E-mail: | nancy.l.johnson@gm.com |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS MEDALISTS
| 1929 | Daniel Guggenheim | 1972 | Neil A. Armstrong | 1998 | Charles H. Kaman |
| 1932 | Paul Litchfield | 1973 | John F. Yardley | 2000 | John C. Houbolt |
| 1935 | Will Rogers (posthumously) | 1974 | Abe Silverstein | 2001 | Sheila E. Widnall |
| 1938 | James H. Doolittle | 1977 | George D. McLean | 2002 | Thomas J. Kelly |
| 1941 | John E. Younger | 1978 | Paul B. MacCready | 2003 | Peretz P. Friedmann |
| 1944 | George W. Lewis | 1979 | Sir Freddie Laker | 2005 | Robert H. Liebeck |
| 1947 | John E. Northrup | 1980 | Michael Collins | 2007 | Earl H. dowell |
| 1950 | Reinout P. Kroon | 1981 | Edgar M. Cortright, Jr. | 2009 | Paul Bevilaqua |
| 1954 | Arthur E. Raymond | 1982 | Frank N. Piasecki | 2011 | Abraham E. Karem |
| 1955 | Ralph S. Damon | 1983 | John W. Young | 2012 | William M. Shepherd |
| 1958 | George S. Schairer | 1984 | Charles S. Draper | 2013 | David A. Peters |
| 1961 | Samuel K. Hoffman | 1985 | Kurt H. Hohenemser | 2015 | Dewey H. Hodges |
| 1962 | Robert H. Widmer | 1986 | Bruce McCandless II | 2016 | Inderjit Chopra |
| 1963 | Frederick C. Crawford | 1987 | Elbert L. Rutan | 2017 | Charbel Farhat |
| 1964 | Robert R. Gilruth | 1988 | Edward H. Heinemann | 2018 | Stephen P. Engelstad |
| 1965 | William H. Pickering | 1990 | Charles Feltz | 2019 | Kevin G. Bowcutt |
| 1966 | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. | 1992 | Holt Ashley | ||
| 1967 | Ira G. Hedrick | 1993 | Charles F. Tiffany | ||
| 1968 | George S. Moore | 1994 | Ben R. Rich | ||
| 1969 | G. Merritt Preston | 1995 | Antony Jameson | ||
| 1970 | Clarence L. Johnson | 1996 | Robert G. Loewy | ||
| 1971 | Ralph L. Creel | 1997 | John W. Lincoln |