Coast Guard naval aviator 1951 Major General Marion E. Carl, United States Marine Corps naval aviator and test pilot 1952 John C. Seal, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory test pilot 1953 William B. Bridgeman, Douglas Aircraft Company test pilot 1954 George E. Cooper, NACA engineer and test pilot 1955 Major General Albert Boyd, United States Air Force test pilot 1956 Alvin M. Johnston, Boeing test pilot 1957 Brigadier General Frank Kendall Everest Jr., United States Air Force test pilot 1958 Albert Scott Crossfield, North American Aviation engineer and test pilot 1959 John P. Reeder, NASA, engineer and test pilot 1960 Dr. Joseph P. Tymczyszyn, Federal Aviation Administration engineer and test pilot 1961 Joseph A. Walker, NASA engineer and test pilot 1962 Neil A. Armstrong, NASA engineer and test pilot 1963 Captain Edward J. Bechtold, Eastern Air Lines pilot 1964 Robert C. Innis, NASA engineer and test pilot 1964 Fred J Drinkwater, NASA engineer and test pilot 1965 Alvin S. White, North American Aviation engineer and test pilot 1966 John L. Swigert, North American Aviation engineer and test pilot 1966 Donald F. McCusker, North American Aviation engineer and test pilot 1967 Milton O. Thompson, NASA, engineer and test pilot 1968 Colonel William J. Knight, United States Air Force engineer and test pilot 1969 William C. Park, Lockheed test pilot 1970 Colonel Jerauld R. Gentry United States Air Force engineer and test pilot 1971 William M. Magruder, Federal Aviation Administration program manager, engineer, and test pilot 1972 Donald R. Segner, Lockheed engineer and test pilot 1973 Major General Cecil W. Powell, United States Air Force engineer and test pilot 1974 Lt. Colonel Charles A. Sewell, Grumman engineer and test pilot 1975 Captain Alan L. Bean, NASA, engineer and astronaut 1975 Colonel Jack R. Lousma, NASA, engineer and astronaut 1975 Dr. Owen K. Garriott, NASA, engineer and astronaut 1976 Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford, United States Air Force engineer and astronaut 1978 Tommie D. Benefield, North American Rockwell engineer and test pilot 1979 Colonel Austin J. Bailey 1981 Raymond L. McPherson, Boeing test pilot 1983 S. L Wallick, Jr., Boeing engineer and test pilot 1986 George R. Jansen, Douglas Aircraft Company test pilot. 1988 Russell C. Larson, NASA engineer and pilot 1990 William G Schweikhard, University of Kansas 1992 Robert A. Hoover, Evergreen International test pilot 1994 Richard Abrams, Lockheed executive 1996 Edward T Schneider, NASA, engineer and test pilot 1998 Harold C Farley, Lockheed,